Targavar Rural District دهستان ترگور | |
|---|---|
Rural district | |
| Country |  Iran |
| Province | West Azerbaijan |
| County | Urmia |
| District | Silvaneh |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 7,893 |
Targavar Rural District (Persian: دهستان ترگور, Syriac: ܬܪܓܘܪ, romanized: Targawar) is a rural district (dehestan) in Silvaneh District, Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran.[1] At the 2006 census, its population was 7,893, in 1,344 families.[2] The rural district has 26 villages. The district was home to a significant Assyrian population before the Assyrian genocide, but is mostly populated by Herki Kurds today.[3][4][5]
See also
- Emirate of Bradost
References
- ^ Iranian National Committee for Standardization of Geographical Names website (in Persian)
- ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". Islamic Republic of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 2011-11-11.
- ^ Travis, Hannibal (December 2006). "Native Christians Massacred: The Ottoman Genocide of the Assyrians during World War I" (PDF). Florida International University College of Law: 333.
- ^ Borhanedin A. Yassin (1995). Vision Or Reality?: The Kurds in the Policy of the Great Powers, 1941-1947. Lund University Press. p. 61. ISBN 9780862383893.
- ^ Kahn, Margaret (1980). Children of the jinn: in search of the Kurds and their country. Seaview Books. pp. 48. ISBN 9780872235649.
See also
- Assyrian Genocide
- List of Assyrian settlements
- Assyrian homeland
- Margawar