Dinavar District

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'''Dinavar District''' ({{langx|fa|بخش دینور}}) is in Sahneh County, Kermanshah province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Miyan Rahan.<ref name="Sahneh County Establishment">{{cite report|title=Approval letter regarding the establishment of Sahneh County|language=fa|website=solh.ir|via=Iranian Knowledge Authority, Iranian Legal Authority (Civilika)|url=https://www.solh.ir/regulation/5/2794|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240306170228/https://www.solh.ir/regulation/5/2794|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Council|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|archive-date=6 March 2024|date=c. 2024|orig-date=Approved 25 November 1372|id=Letter 1372/9|access-date=6 March 2024}}</ref> The district's name reflects the ancient city of Dinavar, the ruins of which are in the district.{{cn|date=July 2023}}

==History== According to History of the Caliphs, Muslims controlled this area in 22 Hijri in the ruling period of Omar ibn al-Khattāb.{{cn|date=July 2023}}

==Demographics== ===Population=== At the time of the 2006 National Census, the district's population was 19,973 in 5,042 households.<ref name="2006 Kermanshah Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Kermanshah Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/05.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920094844/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/05.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}}</ref> The following census in 2011 counted 18,452 people in 5,370 households.<ref name="2011 Kermanshah Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Kermanshah Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=irandataportal.syr.edu|via=Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University|url=https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Kermanshah.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230118172226/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Kermanshah.xls|archive-date=18 January 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}}</ref> The 2016 census measured the population of the district as 16,344 inhabitants in 5,127 households.<ref name="2016 Kermanshah Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Kermanshah Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_05.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403212203/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_05.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=3 April 2022}}</ref>

===Administrative divisions=== {| class="wikitable" |+ Dinavar District Population |- ! Administrative Divisions !! 2006<ref name="2006 Kermanshah Province"/> !! 2011<ref name="2011 Kermanshah Province"/> !! 2016<ref name="2016 Kermanshah Province"/> |- | Dinavar RD || style="text-align: right;"| 9,143 || style="text-align: right;"| 8,603 || style="text-align: right;"| 7,924 |- | Horr RD || style="text-align: right;"| 5,261 || style="text-align: right;"| 4,692 || style="text-align: right;"| 3,998 |- | Kanduleh RD || style="text-align: right;"| 5,080 || style="text-align: right;"| 4,559 || style="text-align: right;"| 3,727 |- | Miyan Rahan (city) || style="text-align: right;"| 489 || style="text-align: right;"| 598 || style="text-align: right;"| 695 |- | '''Total''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''19,973''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''18,452''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''16,344''' |- | colspan=4 | {{small|RD {{=}} Rural District}} |}

==See also== {{clear}}

== References == {{reflist}}

Category:Districts of Kermanshah province

Category:Populated places in Sahneh County