Kermanshah Province is one of the 31 provinces of Iran, bordering Iraq. Its capital is the city of Kermanshah. According to a 2014 segmentation by the Ministry of Interior, it is the center of Region 4, with the region's central secretariat located in Kermanshah. A majority of people in the province are Shia, and there are Sunni and Yarsani minority groups.
Kermanshah is a city in the Central District of Kermanshah province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district. The city is 525 kilometres from Tehran in the western part of the country. The 2016 National Census measured the population of the city as 946,651.
Taq-e Bostan is a site with a series of large rock reliefs from the era of the Sassanid Empire of Persia (Iran), carved around the 4th century CE.
Mohammad-Ali Mirza Dowlatshah was a famous Iranian Prince of the Qajar dynasty. He is also the progenitor of the Dowlatshahi Family of Persia. He was born at Nava, in Mazandaran, a Caspian province in the north of Iran. He was the first son of Fath-Ali Shah, the second Qajar king of Persia, and Ziba Chehr Khanoum, a Georgian girl of the Tsikarashvili family. He was also the elder brother of Abbas Mirza. Dowlatshah was the governor of Fars at age 9, Qazvin and Gilan at age 11, Khuzestan and Lorestan at age 16, and Kermanshah at age 19.
Qasr-e Shirin is a city in the Central District of Qasr-e Shirin County, Kermanshah province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. Its population in 2016 was 18,473. It is a Free-trade zone (FTZ) and is populated by Kurds.
Sarpol-e Zahab County is in Kermanshah province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Sarpol-e Zahab, whose people are adherents of Shia, Sunni and Yarsan.
Qasr-e Shirin County is in Kermanshah province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Qasr-e Shirin.
Behistun palace is a ruined Sassanid palace located in Bisotun, 20 kilometres (12 mi) from Kermanshah, Iran. It faces the cliff with the much older Behistun inscription and rock relief, across the ancient road running between Behistun mountain and Behistun lake. The palace has long been regarded in Persian tradition as a residence of Shirin, queen of Khosrau II, the Sassanid Shah of Persia who reigned from 590 to 628, shortly before the Muslim conquest of Persia. This connection is first documented, in surviving records, by early Islamic geographers, and is elaborated in various later stories and myths, as a fictionalized Shirin became an important heroine of later Persian literature, such as the Shahnameh. It is included in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Bisotun.
Sarpol-e Zahab is a city in the Central District of Sarpol-e Zahab County, Kermanshah province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. The town is close to Qasr-e Shirin and the Iraqi border.
Gilan-e Gharb is a city in the Central District of Gilan-e Gharb County, Kermanshah province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. The city is populated by Kurds from the Kalhor tribe.
Taq-e Shirin and Farhad is a rock relief from the era of the Sasanian Empire, the Iranian dynasty ruling from 226 to 650 AD. It is located on the way from Zarneh in Ilam Province to Sumar in Kermanshah Province of Iran, seven kilometers from Chel Zarie village near Kooshk Pass in Eyvan County.
Jeygaran Rural District is in Dasht-e Zahab District of Sarpol-e Zahab County, Kermanshah province, Iran. Its capital is the village of Gardeh Now.
Sarqaleh Rural District is in Dasht-e Zahab District of Sarpol-e Zahab County, Kermanshah province, Iran. Its capital is the village of Tappeh Rash.
Tappeh Kabud is a village in Jeygaran Rural District of Dasht-e Zahab District, Sarpol-e Zahab County, Kermanshah province, Iran.
Tappeh Kanan is a village in Sarqaleh Rural District of Dasht-e Zahab District, Sarpol-e Zahab County, Kermanshah province, Iran.
Tappeh Rash is a village in, and the capital of, Sarqaleh Rural District of Dasht-e Zahab District, Sarpol-e Zahab County, Kermanshah province, Iran.
Qaleh Shahin Rural District is in Qaleh Shahin District of Sarpol-e Zahab County, Kermanshah province, Iran. Its capital is the village of Tarkeh Veys.
Pataq is a village in Beshiva Pataq Rural District, in the Central District of Sarpol-e Zahab County, Kermanshah Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 315, in 86 families.
Mirmiru is a village in, and the capital of, Dasht-e Zahab Rural District of Dasht-e Zahab District, Sarpol-e Zahab County, Kermanshah province, Iran.
The Shirin and Farhad Tree or Rahmat tree is a 700-year-old tree of the genus Platanus located in the historical area of Taq Bostan in Kermanshah, Iran. The tree is 37.7 metres (124 ft) tall and 8.46 metres (27.8 ft) wide.
