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Kangavar () is a city in the Central District of Kangavar County, Kermanshah province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Kangavar
Settlement.settlement_type
City
Settlement.image_skyline
Anahita temple Iran.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
The columns of the remains of the "Anahita Temple"
Settlement.pushpin_map
Iran
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Iran
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Kermanshah
Settlement.subdivision_type2
County
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Kangavar
Settlement.subdivision_type3
District
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Central
Settlement.population_as_of
2016
Settlement.population_total
51352
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto
Settlement.timezone
IRST
Settlement.utc_offset
+3:30

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

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Kangavar () is a city in the Central District of Kangavar County, Kermanshah province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.

Kangavar is in the easternmost part of Kermanshah province, on the modern road from Hamadan to Kermanshah, identical with a trace of the Silk Road, located at the distance of about 75 km from Hamadan and 96 km from Kermanshah.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kangavar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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