Margavar_Rural_District

Margavar Rural District
Persian: دهستان مرگور
Rural District
Margavar Rural District is located in Iran
Margavar Rural District
Margavar Rural District
Coordinates: 37°14′31″N 44°53′24″E / 37.24194°N 44.89000°E / 37.24194; 44.89000[1]
CountryIran
ProvinceWest Azerbaijan
CountyUrmia
DistrictSilvaneh
CapitalZiveh
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total40,174
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

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

At the National Census of 2006, its population was 34,862 in 6,012 households.[6] There were 37,170 inhabitants in 8,364 households at the following census of 2011.[7] At the most recent census of 2016, the population of the rural district was 40,174 in 9,602 households. The most populous of its 54 villages was Dizaj, with 4,907 people.[2]

According to Harry P. Packard of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church, the districts of Targawar, Mergawar, and Dasht were destroyed by Turks and Kurds during the Assyrian genocide in events that gave rise to the Assyrian independence movement.[8] Few Assyrians remain in Margavar and the district is mostly populated by Kurds.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (10 March 2023). "Margavar Rural District (Urmia County)" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 04. 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 (7 July 1369). "Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the country divisions of West Azerbaijan province, centered in the city of Urmia". Lamtakam (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Council of Ministers. Archived from the original on 20 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  5. ^ Mousavi, Mirhossein (2 February 1366). "Creation and formation of 20 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Urmia County under West Azerbaijan province". Islamic Parliament Research Center (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Board of Ministers. Archived from the original on 23 April 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 04. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  7. ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)". Syracuse University (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 04. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  8. ^ Hannibal, Travis (8 December 2006). "'Native Christians Massacred': The Ottoman Genocide of the Assyrians During World War I". SSRN 950428. {cite journal}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  9. ^ "دهستان مرگور - ارومیه" (in Persian). Madreseh News. Retrieved 3 May 2020.