western Iran

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geographical region region of Iran

Western Iran is a geographically and culturally diverse region of Iran that includes significant Kurdish-inhabited areas along the country’s mountainous western frontier.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Western Iran 2
Northwestern Iran 1
northwestern Iran 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
region of Iran ⓘ
borders Iraq ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
mountainous western frontier of Iran ⓘ
climate alpine in higher elevations ⓘ
continental ⓘ
semi-arid ⓘ
country Iran ⓘ
culturalCharacteristic strong Kurdish cultural presence ⓘ
tribal and clan-based social structures in some areas ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
cross-border trade with Iraq ⓘ
livestock herding ⓘ
oil and gas production in southwestern parts ⓘ
ethnicGroup Arabs in southwestern areas ⓘ
Azerbaijanis ⓘ
Kurds ⓘ
Lurs ⓘ
Persians ⓘ
hasMountainRange Zagros Mountains ⓘ
includesProvince Hamedan Province ⓘ
Ilam ⓘ
surface form: Ilam Province

Kermanshah ⓘ
surface form: Kermanshah Province

Kurdistan Province (Iran) ⓘ
surface form: Kurdistan Province

Lorestan Province ⓘ
West Azerbaijan Province ⓘ
parts of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province ⓘ
parts of Fars Province ⓘ
parts of Khuzestan Province ⓘ
language Azerbaijani language ⓘ
surface form: Azerbaijani

Kurdish ⓘ
Luri ⓘ
Persian language ⓘ
surface form: Persian
locatedIn Iran ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
surface form: Western Asia
majorCity Hamadan ⓘ
surface form: Hamedan

Ilam ⓘ
Kermanshah ⓘ
Khorramabad ⓘ
Sanandaj ⓘ
Urmia ⓘ
partOf Iran ⓘ
religion Shia Islam ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ
Yarsanism ⓘ
surface form: Yarsanism (Ahl-e Haqq)

Yazidism in some Kurdish communities ⓘ
strategicImportance border security with Iraq and Turkey ⓘ
transit corridor between central Iran and Mesopotamia ⓘ
terrain hilly ⓘ
mountainous ⓘ
plateau ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Diyala River → locatedIn → western Iran ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Iran
Mahabad Republic → locatedIn → western Iran ⓘ
this entity surface form: northwestern Iran
Zagros Mountains → locatedIn → western Iran ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Iran
Hamadan → locatedInRegion → western Iran ⓘ
Kurds → nativeRegion → western Iran ⓘ
Kurmanji → region → western Iran ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northwestern Iran