Qaleh, Kermanshah

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Qaleh
Persian: قلعه
City
Qaleh is located in Iran
Qaleh
Qaleh
Coordinates: 34°44′06″N 46°53′47″E / 34.73500°N 46.89639°E / 34.73500; 46.89639[1]
CountryIran
ProvinceKermanshah
CountyKermanshah
DistrictBilavar
Population
 (2016)[2]
  Total
1,130
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Qaleh (Persian: قلعه)[a] is a city in, and the capital of, Bilavar District of Kermanshah County, Kermanshah province, Iran.[3] It also serves as the administrative center for Razavar Rural District.[4]

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, Qaleh's population was 978 in 230 households, when it was a village in Razavar Rural District of the Central District.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 1,160 people in 316 households,[6] by which time the rural district had been separated from the district in the formation of Bilavar District.[3] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 1,130 people in 315 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.[2]

After the census, Qaleh was elevated to the status of a city.[7]

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