Margavar Rural District
Rural district in West Azerbaijan province, Iran
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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
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
Population
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]
