Margavar Rural District

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Margavar Rural District
Persian: دهستان مرگور
Rural District
Margavar Rural District is located in Iran
Margavar Rural District
Margavar Rural District
Coordinates: 37°15′N 44°53′E / 37.250°N 44.883°E / 37.250; 44.883[1][2]
CountryIran
ProvinceWest Azerbaijan
CountyUrmia
DistrictSilvaneh
Established1987[3]
CapitalZiveh
Population
 (2016)[4]
 • Total
40,174
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Margavar Rural District (Persian: دهستان مرگور)[5] is in Silvaneh District of Urmia County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran.[6] Its capital is the village of Ziveh.[3]

History

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According to Harry P. Packard of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church, the rural districts of Dasht, Margavar, and Targavar were destroyed by Turks and Kurds during the Assyrian genocide in events that gave rise to the Assyrian independence movement.[7] Few Assyrians remain in Margavar and the district is mostly populated by Kurds.[8]

Demographics

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Population

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At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district's population was 34,862 in 6,012 households.[9] There were 37,170 inhabitants in 8,364 households at the following census of 2011.[10] The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 40,174 in 9,602 households. The most populous of its 54 villages was Dizaj, with 4,907 people.[4]

Other villages in the rural district

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (4 November 2025). "دهستان مرگور, بخش سیلوانه [Margavar Rural District, Silvaneh District], Urumia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 4 November 2025.
  2. ^ "7V2M+28W Golestaneh, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
  3. ^ a b Mousavi, Mir-Hossein (22 April 1987) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1366/02/02 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. ایجاد و تشکیل 20 دهستان شامل روستاها، مزارع و مکانهای در شهرستان ارومیه تابع استان آذربایجان غربی [‌Creation and formation of 20 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Urmia County under West Azerbaijan province]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. شناسه [ID] 7DD016E4-E840-4986-9FDD-044DD3A0B2EE. شماره دوره [Course number] 66. Archived from the original on 2 November 2025. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
  4. ^ a b سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان آذربایجان غربی [General Population and Housing Census 2016: West Azerbaijan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  5. ^ "INCSGN Search". Iranian National Committee for Standardization of Geographical Names (in Persian). Tehran: National Cartographic Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 2 May 2019.
  6. ^ Habibi, Hassan (12 September 1990) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1369/06/21 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصویب سازمان و سلسله تابعیت عناصر و واحدهای تقسیمات کشوری استان آذربایجان غربی به مرکزیت شهر ارومیه [‌Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of West Azerbaijan province, centered in the city of Urmia]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board]. شناسه [ID] D6D37EAB-50D7-43D6-B320-D774C01ADE50. شماره دوره [Course number] 69, شماره جلد [Volume number] 3. Archived from the original on 20 December 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  7. ^ Hannibal, Travis (8 December 2006). "'Native Christians Massacred': The Ottoman Genocide of the Assyrians During World War I". Genocide Studies and Prevention. 1 (3): 327. SSRN 950428.
  8. ^ "دهستان مرگور - ارومیه" (in Persian). Madreseh News. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  9. ^ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان آذربایجان غربی [General Population and Housing Census 2006: West Azerbaijan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  10. ^ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان آذربایجان غربی [General Population and Housing Census 2011: West Azerbaijan Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.


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