# Gilan-e Gharb > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Gilan-e_Gharb > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Gilan-e_Gharb.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilan-e_Gharb > Source revision: 1322056317 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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 = {{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](/source/OpenStreetMap) |title=Gilan-e Gharb, Gilan-e Gharb County|date=11 December 2024|access-date=11 December 2024|lang=fa}} |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = [Iran](/source/Iran) |subdivision_type1 = [Province](/source/Provinces_of_Iran) |subdivision_name1 = [Kermanshah](/source/Kermanshah_province) |subdivision_type2 = [County](/source/Counties_of_Iran) |subdivision_name2 = [Gilan-e Gharb](/source/Gilan-e_Gharb_County) |subdivision_type3 = [District](/source/Bakhsh_(administrative_division)) |subdivision_name3 = [Central](/source/Central_District_(Gilan-e_Gharb_County)) |established_title = |established_date = |founder = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = |leader_name1 = |unit_pref = Metric |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = 810 |population_footnotes = |population_as_of = 2016 |population_total = 22331 |population_density_km2 = auto |population_note = |population_demonym = |timezone = [IRST](/source/Iran_Standard_Time) |utc_offset = +3:30 |postal_code = |area_code = 0834 |website = |module = |footnotes = }} '''Gilan-e Gharb''' ({{langx|fa|گيلانغرب}}){{efn|Also [romanize](/source/romanize)d as '''Gīlān-e Gharb'''; also known as '''Gharb''' and '''Giyelan''' ({{langx|ku|گیەڵان}}){{GEOnet3|-3064347}}}} is a city in the [Central District](/source/Central_District_(Gilan-e_Gharb_County)) of [Gilan-e Gharb County](/source/Gilan-e_Gharb_County), [Kermanshah](/source/Kermanshah_province) province, [Iran](/source/Iran), serving as capital of both the county and the district.{{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}} ==Demographics== ===Ethnicity=== The city is populated by [Kurds](/source/Kurds) from the [Kalhor](/source/Kalhor_(tribe)) tribe.{{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}} ===Population=== At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 19,431 in 4,620 households.{{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}} The following census in 2011 counted 20,922 people in 5,504 households.{{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}} The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 22,331 people in 6,652 households.{{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}} ==Infrastructure== ===Roads=== The main access road is the Gilan-e Gharb-Eslamabad-e Gharb route connecting it to [Kermanshah](/source/Kermanshah).{{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 }}{{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 }} It is also located on the Qasr-e Shirin-[Ilam](/source/Ilam%2C_Iran) road which has become a shorter route after the paving of the nawdar rural road in 2015.{{cite web | url=https://www.tarafdari.com/node/1798540 | title=ایران شناسی (144): گیلانغرب | date=27 November 2020 }}{{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 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.karnaval.ir/route/ilam-to-gilan-e-gharb | title=مسیر ایلام به گیلانغرب | فاصله ایلام تا گیلانغرب روی نقشه }} Other routes include the Gilan-e Gharb-[Sarpol-e Zahab](/source/Sarpol-e_Zahab) and Gilan-e Gharb-Sumar roads. ==See also== {{clear}} == Notes == {{notelist}} == References == {{reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{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 {{GilanGharb-geo-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Gilan-e Gharb](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilan-e_Gharb) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilan-e_Gharb?action=history)). 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