Middle East
Iran
Kermanshah Province

Kangavar

Kangavar is a city in the Central District of Kangavar County, province, , serving as capital of both the county and the district. Kangavar is in the easternmost part of Kermanshah province, on the modern road from to , identical with a trace of the Silk Road, located at the distance of about 75 km from Hamadan and 96 km from Kermanshah.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Anahita Temple.

The is the name of one of two archaeological sites in popularly thought to have been attributed to the ancient Iranian deity Anahita.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Karkhaneh and Hasanabad.

Village
is a village in Gowdin Rural District, in the Central District of Kangavar County, Kermanshah Province, . At the 2006 census, its population was 1,567, in 392 families.

Village
is a village in Kermajan Rural District, in the Central District of Kangavar County, Kermanshah Province, . At the 2006 census, its population was 2,194, in 513 families.

Village
is a village in Fash Rural District, in the Central District of Kangavar County, Kermanshah Province, . At the 2006 census, its population was 201, in 51 families. is situated 4 km northwest of Kangavar.

Kangavar

Latitude
34.5052° or 34° 30′ 19″ north
Longitude
47.9659° or 47° 57′ 57″ east
Population
51,400
Elevation
1,476 metres (4,843 feet)
Open location code
8H69GX48+39
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5764686771
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
128831
Wiki­data ID
Q720604
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Kangavar” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كنغاور”
  • Armenian: “Կանգավար”
  • Armenian: “Քանգավար”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kəngavər”
  • Catalan: “Kangavar”
  • Catalan: “Kangawar”
  • Catalan: “Kankiwar”
  • Catalan: “Kinkiwar”
  • Cebuano: “Kangāvar”
  • Central Kurdish: “کنگاوەر”
  • Central Kurdish: “کەنگەوەر”
  • Chinese: “Kangavar”
  • Chinese: “坎加瓦尔”
  • Chinese: “坎加瓦爾”
  • Dutch: “Kangavar”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنجافر”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنجاڤر”
  • Esperanto: “Kangavar”
  • French: “Kangavar”
  • German: “Kangavar”
  • Hindi: “कंगावर”
  • Hungarian: “Kangavar”
  • Hungarian: “کنگاور”
  • Irish: “Kangavar”
  • Italian: “Kangavar”
  • Japanese: “カンガーヴァル”
  • Kazakh: “Kangavar”
  • Kazakh: “Кангавар”
  • Kazakh: “كانگاۆار”
  • Kurdish: “Kengawer”
  • Malagasy: “Kangavar”
  • Mazanderani: “کنگاور”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kangavar”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kangavar”
  • Norwegian: “Kangavar”
  • Persian: “کنگاور”
  • Polish: “Kangawar”
  • Portuguese: “Kangavar”
  • Romanian: “Kangavar”
  • Russian: “Кангавар”
  • Russian: “Кенгавер”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کنگاور”
  • Spanish: “Concobar”
  • Spanish: “Kangavar”
  • Spanish: “Kangāvar”
  • Swedish: “Kangāvar”
  • Tajik: “Kangovar”
  • Tajik: “Канговар”
  • Turkish: “Kangavar”
  • Turkish: “Kengaver”
  • Urdu: “کنگاور”
  • Western Panjabi: “کنگاور”

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