Negel, Kurdistan

For the administrative division, see Negel Rural District. For other places with the same name, see Negel.

Negel (Persian: نگل)^[a] is a village in, and the capital of, Negel Rural District^[4] of Kalatrazan District, Sanandaj County, Kurdistan province, Iran. It was the capital of Kalatrazan Rural District^[5] until its capital was transferred to the city of Shuyesheh.^[4]

Negel Persian: نگل
Village
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Coordinates: 35°17′16″N 46°31′22″E[1]
Country	Iran
Province	Kurdistan
County	Sanandaj
District	Kalatrazan
Rural District	Negel
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	1,719
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Demographics

Ethnicity

The village is populated by Kurds.^[6] An old manuscript copy of the Quran is kept in a safe in the village's mosque. The copy is a parchment with the verses of the Quran written in Kufic script.^{[citation needed]}

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 1,697 in 414 households.^[7] The following census in 2011 counted 2,081 people in 529 households.^[8] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 1,719 people in 513 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.^[2]

See also

Iran portal

Notes

1. Also known as Nigal, Nīgel, and Nowgel^[3]