Gilan-e Gharb (Persian: گيلانغرب and Kurdish: Giyelan گیەڵان), also Romanized as Gīlān-e Gharb; also known as Gharb,[3] is a city in the Central District of Gilan-e Gharb County, Kermanshah province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[4] The city is populated by Kurds from the Kalhor tribe.[5]
Gilan-e Gharb
Persian: گيلانغرب | |
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City | |
Gilan-e Gharb | |
Coordinates: 34°08′26″N 45°55′06″E / 34.14056°N 45.91833°E[1] | |
Country | Iran |
Province | Kermanshah |
County | Gilan-e Gharb |
District | Central |
Elevation | 810 m (2,660 ft) |
Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 22,331 |
Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
Area code | 0834 |
At the 2006 National Census, its population was 19,431 in 4,620 households.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 20,922 people in 5,504 households.[7] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 22,331 people in 6,652 households.[2]
The main access road is the Gilan-e Gharb-Eslamabad-e Gharb route connecting it to Kermanshah.[8][9] It is also located on the Qasr-e Shirin-Ilam road which has become a shorter route after the paving of the nawdar rural road in 2015.[10][11][12] Other routes include the Gilan-e Gharb-Sarpol-e Zahab and Gilan-e Gharb-Sumar roads.[10]