western Iran

E40077
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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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
western Iran canonical 26
Western Iran 10
Iran (western, modern territory) 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 (39)

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

Kurds → nativeRegion → western Iran ⓘ
Kurmanji → region → western Iran ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northwestern Iran
Mahabad Republic → locatedIn → western Iran ⓘ
this entity surface form: northwestern Iran
Northwestern Iranian languages → spokenIn → western Iran ⓘ
Zagros Mountains → locatedIn → western Iran ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Iran
Diyala River → locatedIn → western Iran ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Iran
Hamadan → locatedInRegion → western Iran ⓘ
Ottoman–Safavid conflict → majorTheater → western Iran ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Iran
Luri language → spokenIn → western Iran ⓘ
Luri → spokenInRegion → western Iran ⓘ
Southern Kurdish → spokenPrimarilyIn → western Iran ⓘ
Hewrami → spokenInPartOfCountry → western Iran ⓘ
Hawrami → spokenIn → western Iran ⓘ
Hawraman region → locatedIn → western Iran ⓘ
Yarsanism → originatesIn → western Iran ⓘ
Ahl-e Haqq → mainRegion → western Iran ⓘ
Kermanshah → locatedInRegion → western Iran ⓘ
Western Iranian languages → geographicDistribution → western Iran ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Iran
Aq Qoyunlu → territoryIncludes → western Iran ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Iran
Karkheh River → locatedIn → western Iran ⓘ
Ilam → locatedInRegion → western Iran ⓘ
Sanandaj → locatedInRegion → western Iran ⓘ
Akkadian Empire → country → western Iran ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iran (western, modern territory)
Khorramabad → locatedInRegion → western Iran ⓘ
Lorestan Province → locatedIn → western Iran ⓘ
Hamedan Province → locatedIn → western Iran ⓘ
Shahrekord → locatedIn → western Iran ⓘ
Kermanshah Province → locatedIn → western Iran ⓘ
Achaemenid architecture → geographicRegion → western Iran ⓘ
Median Kingdom → locatedIn → western Iran ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Iran
Iraq-i Ajam → locatedIn → western Iran ⓘ
central Iran → bordersRegion → western Iran ⓘ
subject surface form: Central Iran
this entity surface form: Western Iran
historical region of Persian Iraq (Iraq-e Ajam) → locatedIn → western Iran ⓘ
subject surface form: Persian Iraq
Lower Zab → locatedIn → western Iran ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Iran
Ganjnameh inscriptions → locatedIn → western Iran ⓘ
Alavian Dome → region → western Iran ⓘ
Bu-Ali Sina University → locatedIn → western Iran ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Iran
Hamadan University of Medical Sciences → locatedIn → western Iran ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Iran
Jibal → locatedIn → western Iran ⓘ