Targavar Rural District

Targavar Rural District (Persian: دهستان ترگور)^[3] is in Silvaneh District of Urmia County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran.^[4] Its capital is the village of Mavana.^[5]

Targavar Rural District Persian: دهستان ترگور
Rural District
Targavar Rural District
Coordinates: 37°34′40″N 44°43′31″E[1]
Country	Iran
Province	West Azerbaijan
County	Urmia
District	Silvaneh
Capital	Mavana
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	8,381
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

History

The district was home to a significant Assyrian population before the Assyrian genocide, but is mostly populated by Herki Kurds today.^[6][7][8]

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district's population was 7,893 in 1,344 households.^[9] There were 7,765 inhabitants in 1,603 households at the following census of 2011.^[10] The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 8,381 in 1,862 households. The most populous of its 39 villages was Mavana, with 1,314 people.^[2]

See also

• Emirate of Bradost
• Assyrian genocide
• List of Assyrian settlements
• Assyrian homeland
• Margawar

Iran portal

References

1. OpenStreetMap contributors (28 September 2024). "Targavar Rural District (Urmia County)" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 28 September 2024.
2. Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): West Azerbaijan Province. amar.org.ir (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
3. Iranian National Committee for Standardization of Geographical Names website (in Persian)
4. Habibi, Hassan (c. 2023) [Approved 21 June 1369]. Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of West Azerbaijan province, centered in the city of Urmia. lamtakam.com (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Council. Notification 82808/T137. Archived from the original on 20 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023 – via Lam ta Kam.
5. Mousavi, Mirhossein (c. 2012) [Approved 2 February 1366]. Creation and formation of 20 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Urmia County under West Azerbaijan province. rc.majlis.ir (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Board of Ministers. Proposal 1.5.53.11395; Notification 114206/T769. Archived from the original on 23 April 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2023 – via Islamic Parliament Research Center.
6. Travis, Hannibal (December 2006). "Native Christians Massacred: The Ottoman Genocide of the Assyrians during World War I" (PDF). Florida International University College of Law: 333.
7. Borhanedin A. Yassin (1995). Vision Or Reality?: The Kurds in the Policy of the Great Powers, 1941-1947. Lund University Press. p. 61. ISBN 9780862383893.
8. Kahn, Margaret (1980). Children of the jinn: in search of the Kurds and their country. Seaview Books. pp. 48. ISBN 9780872235649.
9. Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): West Azerbaijan Province. amar.org.ir (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
10. Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): West Azerbaijan Province. irandataportal.syr.edu (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022 – via Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University.