Kerend-e Gharb

"Kerend" redirects here. For other uses, see Kerend (disambiguation).

"Karand" redirects here. For the village in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, see Karand.

Kerend-e Gharb (Persian: كرندغرب)^[a] is a city in the Central District of Dalahu County, Kermanshah province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.^[4]

Kerend-e Gharb Persian: كرندغرب
City
Kerend-e Gharb
Coordinates: 34°16′36″N 46°14′15″E[1]
Country	Iran
Province	Kermanshah
County	Dalahu
District	Central
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	7,798
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Kurds on the Roof, a scene painted by Jāzeps Grosvalds while he was British first lieutenant of the British Expeditionary Group. The scene was painted when they crossed Kerend near Kermanshah.

Demographics

Language and ethnicity

The city is populated by Kurds and is important in the Yarsani religion as it is the location of the tombs of the holy men Pir Benjamin and Pir Musi.^[5][6]

Language distribution in the city:^[5]

Kerend-e Gharb linguistic composition language percent Gorani   90% Southern Kurdish   5% Central Kurdish   5%

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 7,894 in 2,041 households.^[7] The following census in 2011 counted 8,311 people in 2,359 households.^[8] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 7,798 people in 2,349 households.^[2]

See also

Iran portal

Notes

1. Also known as Karand, Karīnd, Kerend, and Kirin (Kurdish: نكرن ,کرن)^[3]