Kani Sur

Kani Sur
Persian: كاني سور
City
The city of Kani Sur
The city of Kani Sur
Kani Sur is located in Iran
Kani Sur
Kani Sur
Location within Iran
Kani Sur is located in Iran Kurdistan
Kani Sur
Kani Sur
Location within Iran Kurdistan
Coordinates: 36°03′32″N 45°44′54″E / 36.05889°N 45.74833°E / 36.05889; 45.74833
CountryIran
ProvinceKurdistan
CountyBaneh
DistrictNamshir
Established as a city2000[1]
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total
1,284
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Kani Sur (Persian: كاني سور)[a] is a city in, and the capital of, Namshir District in Baneh County, Kurdistan province, Iran.[4] It also serves as the administrative center for Kani Sur Rural District.[5] The village of Kani Sur was converted to a city in 2000.[1]

Demographics

Ethnicity

The city is populated by Kurds.[6]

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 1,131 in 239 households.[7] The following census in 2011 counted 1,307 people in 324 households.[8] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 1,284 people in 368 households.[2]

See also

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Notes

  1. ↑ Also romanized as Kānī Sūr and Kānīsūr[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Habibi, Hassan (8 March 2000) [مصوب (Approved) 1378/12/18 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصويب نامه در خصوص شناخته شدن يكصد روستاي مركز بخش به عنوان شهر [‌Approval letter regarding the recognition of 100 villages of the central district as cities]. سامانه ملی قوانین و مقررات [National System of Laws and Regulations] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board]. تصويب نامه شماره 5453 /ت21162هـ [Approval Letter Number 5453/T21162H]. Archived from the original on 14 October 2025. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
  2. 1 2 سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان کردستان [General Population and Housing Census 2016: Kurdistan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 8 May 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
  3. ↑ Kani Sur at GEOnet Names Server
  4. ↑ Habibi, Hassan (12 September 1990) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1369.6.21 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصویب سازمان و سلسله تابعیت عناصر و واحدهای تقسیمات کشوری استان کردستان به مرکزیت شهر سنندج [‌Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of Kurdistan province, centered in the city of Sanandaj]. مرکز پژوهشهای مجلس شورای اسلامی ایران [Research Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board]. نامه شماره [Letter No.] 3233.1.5.53. Archived from the original on 23 October 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
  5. ↑ Mousavi, Mir-Hossein (9 August 1987) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1366.5.18 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. ایجاد و تشکیل 5 دهستان شامل روستاها، مزارع و مکانها در قسمتی از شهرستان بانه تابع استان کردستان [‌Creation and formation of five rural districts including villages, farms and places in a part of Baneh County under Kurdistan province]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. شناسه [ID] D678FEAF-43C9-4526-9E24-0D61562C208E. شماره دوره [Course number] 66, شماره جلد [Volume number] 11. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
  6. ↑ Mohammadirad, Masoud; Anonby, Erik; et al. "Language distribution in Kordestan Province, Iran". Atlas of the languages of Iran (ALI). Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre, Carleton University.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  7. ↑ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان کردستان [General Population and Housing Census 2006: Kurdistan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
  8. ↑ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان کردستان [General Population and Housing Census 2011: Kurdistan Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 19 January 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2026.