{{Short description|County in Kermanshah province, Iran}}
{{for|the city|Paveh}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement |name = Paveh County |other_name = |native_name = {{langx|fa|شهرستان پاوه}} |settlement_type = County |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = | image_map = Kermanshah.svg | image_map1 = IranKermanshah-SVG.svg | map_caption = Location of Paveh County in Kermanshah province (top, pink) | map_caption1 = Location of Kermanshah province in Iran |pushpin_map = |pushpin_label_position = |pushpin_map_caption = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Iran |subdivision_type1 = Province |subdivision_name1 = Kermanshah |seat_type = Capital |seat = Paveh |parts_type = Districts | parts_style = para | parts = | p1 = Central | p2 = Bayangan | p3 = Nowsud | p4 = | p5 = | p6 = |leader_title = |leader_name = |established_title = |established_date = |area_total_km2 = |population_as_of = 2016 |population_footnotes = <ref name="2016 Kermanshah Province"/> |population_total = 60431 |population_density_km2 = |coordinates = {{coord|35|05|N|46|16|E|dim:21km|display=inline,title}} |coordinates_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite map |author=((OpenStreetMap contributors)) |url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=35.083333&mlon=46.266667&zoom=11#map=11/35.0833/46.2667|website=OpenStreetMap |title=Paveh County|date=12 December 2024|access-date=12 December 2024|lang=fa}}</ref> |timezone = IRST |utc_offset = +3:30 |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = |website = |footnotes = {{GEOnet3|9206871}} }}
'''Paveh County''' ({{langx|fa|شهرستان پاوه}}) is in Kermanshah province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Paveh.<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>
==History== After the 2011 National Census, the village of Banehvreh was elevated to the status of a city.<ref name="Paveh, Sonqor, and Sahneh">{{cite report|title=Approval letter regarding national divisions in Sonqor, Sahneh, and Paveh Counties|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/796646|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240129185851/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/796646|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political and Defense Commission|last=Rahimi|first=Mohammad Reza|archive-date=29 January 2024|date=c. 2024|orig-date=Approved 5 September 2013|id=Proposal 14102/42/4/1; Letter 158802/T38854H; Notification 125751/T46608K|access-date=29 January 2024}}</ref>
==Demographics== ===Population=== At the time of the 2006 census, the county's population was 51,755 in 13,309 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 56,837 people in 15,929 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 county as 60,431 in 18,471 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===
Paveh County's population history and administrative structure over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.
{| class="wikitable" |+ Paveh County Population |- ! Administrative Divisions !! 2006<ref name="2006 Kermanshah Province"/> !! 2011<ref name="2011 Kermanshah Province"/> !! 2016<ref name="2016 Kermanshah Province"/> |- | '''Central District''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''34,784''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''39,379''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''42,178''' |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Howli RD || style="text-align: right;"| 6,330 || style="text-align: right;"| 6,508 || style="text-align: right;"| 6,173 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Shamshir RD || style="text-align: right;"| 8,680 || style="text-align: right;"| 9,167 || style="text-align: right;"| 10,234 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Paveh (city) || style="text-align: right;"| 19,774 || style="text-align: right;"| 23,704 || style="text-align: right;"| 25,771 |- | '''Bayangan District''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''8,987''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''9,796''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''9,503''' |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Makvan RD || style="text-align: right;"| 2,327 || style="text-align: right;"| 2,255 || style="text-align: right;"| 2,149 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Shiveh Sar RD || style="text-align: right;"| 5,026 || style="text-align: right;"| 5,810 || style="text-align: right;"| 2,654 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Banehvreh (city) || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| 3,187 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Bayangan (city) || style="text-align: right;"| 1,634 || style="text-align: right;"| 1,731 || style="text-align: right;"| 1,513 |- | '''Nowsud District''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''7,984''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''7,662''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''8,750''' |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Sirvan RD || style="text-align: right;"| 2,874 || style="text-align: right;"| 2,855 || style="text-align: right;"| 3,118 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Nowdeshah (city) || style="text-align: right;"| 3,548 || style="text-align: right;"| 3,077 || style="text-align: right;"| 3,683 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Nowsud (city) || style="text-align: right;"| 1,562 || style="text-align: right;"| 1,730 || style="text-align: right;"| 1,949 |- | '''Total''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''51,755''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''56,837''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''60,431''' |- | colspan=4 | {{small|RD {{=}} Rural District}} |}
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{{Paveh County|state=collapsed}}
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Category:Counties of Kermanshah province
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