{{Short description|City in Kermanshah province, Iran}}
{{for|the administrative division of Kermanshah province|Gilan-e Gharb County}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement |name = Gilan-e Gharb |native_name = {{langx|fa|گيلانغرب}} |native_name_lang = fa |settlement_type = City |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_alt = |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_alt = |image_seal = |seal_alt = |image_shield = |shield_alt = |etymology = |nickname = |motto = |image_map = |map_alt = |map_caption = |pushpin_map = Iran |pushpin_map_alt = |pushpin_map_caption = |pushpin_label_position = |coordinates = {{Coord|34|08|26|N|45|55|06|E|dim:1km|display=inline,title}} |coordinates_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite map |author=((OpenStreetMap contributors)) |url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=34.140556&mlon=45.918333&zoom=15#map=15/34.14056/45.91833|website=OpenStreetMap |title=Gilan-e Gharb, Gilan-e Gharb County|date=11 December 2024|access-date=11 December 2024|lang=fa}}</ref> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Iran |subdivision_type1 = Province |subdivision_name1 = Kermanshah |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Gilan-e Gharb |subdivision_type3 = District |subdivision_name3 = Central |established_title = |established_date = |founder = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = |leader_name1 = |unit_pref = Metric <!-- ALL fields with measurements have automatic unit conversion --> <!-- for references: use <ref> tags --> |area_footnotes = <!-- square kilometers --> |area_total_km2 = |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = 810 |population_footnotes = <ref name="2016 Kermanshah Province"/> |population_as_of = 2016 |population_total = 22331 |population_density_km2 = auto |population_note = |population_demonym = |timezone = IRST |utc_offset = +3:30 |postal_code = |area_code = 0834 |website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> |module = |footnotes = }}
'''Gilan-e Gharb''' ({{langx|fa|گيلانغرب}}){{efn|Also romanized as '''Gīlān-e Gharb'''; also known as '''Gharb''' and '''Giyelan''' ({{langx|ku|گیەڵان}})<ref>{{GEOnet3|-3064347}}</ref>}} 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.<ref name="Kermanshah Province Structure">{{cite report|title=Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of Bakhtran province, centered in the city of Bakhtran|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Research Center of the System of Laws of the Islamic Council of Farabi Mobile Library|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/113024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130206215420/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/113024|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|archive-date=6 February 2013|date=19 November 2013|orig-date=Approved 21 June 1369|id=Proposal 3233.1.5.53; Letter 93808/907; Notification 82832/T122K|access-date=29 January 2024}}</ref>
==Demographics== ===Ethnicity=== The city is populated by Kurds from the Kalhor tribe.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017 |title=Gilān-e Gharb |url=http://iranatlas.net/index.html?module=module.language-distribution.kermanshah#eyJ0IjoieCIsImkiOiJkMWQwODUxNzZjMzk0YmZhOGRmNzhiZWRlMTNkNjNiOCIsInMiOjE2NTM3Mzc3MDc3MjV9 |access-date=28 May 2022 |website=Iran Atlas}}</ref>
===Population=== At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 19,431 in 4,620 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 20,922 people in 5,504 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 city as 22,331 people in 6,652 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>
==Infrastructure== ===Roads=== The main access road is the Gilan-e Gharb-Eslamabad-e Gharb route connecting it to Kermanshah.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.karnaval.ir/route/gilan-e-gharb-to-eslamabad-e-gharb | title=مسیر گیلانغرب به اسلام آباد غرب | فاصله گیلانغرب تا اسلام آباد غرب روی نقشه }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://news.mrud.ir/news/112286/%D8%A2%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D8%B7%D8%B1%D8%AD-%D8%B1%D9%88%DA%A9%D8%B4-%D8%A2%D8%B3%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA-%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA%DB%8C-%DA%AF%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%A8 | title=آغاز اجرایی طرح روکش آسفالت محورهای مواصلاتی گیلانغرب | date=6 July 2022 }}</ref> 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.<ref name="ایران شناسی 144: گیلانغرب">{{cite web | url=https://www.tarafdari.com/node/1798540 | title=ایران شناسی (144): گیلانغرب | date=27 November 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://mag.zigocamp.com/post/4767 | title=راهنمای سفر به گیلانغرب 1401 | گیلانِ غربِ کشور را بشناسید | زیگو | date=22 June 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.karnaval.ir/route/ilam-to-gilan-e-gharb | title=مسیر ایلام به گیلانغرب | فاصله ایلام تا گیلانغرب روی نقشه }}</ref> Other routes include the Gilan-e Gharb-Sarpol-e Zahab and Gilan-e Gharb-Sumar roads.<ref name="ایران شناسی 144: گیلانغرب"/>
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{{Kermanshah Province|state=collapsed}}
{{Gilan-e Gharb County|state=collapsed}}
Category:Cities in Kermanshah province
Category:Populated places in Gilan-e Gharb County
Category:Kurdish settlements in Kermanshah province
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