Kermanshah

Kermanshah (Persian: کرمانشاه; [keɾmɒːnˈʃɒː] ⓘ)[a] is a city in the Central District of Kermanshah province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district.[5] The city is 525 kilometres (326 miles) from Tehran in the western part of the country. The 2016 National Census measured the population of the city as 946,651[2] (2021 estimate 1,047,000).[6] At the time of the 2006 census, the city's population was 784,602 in 202,588 households.[7] The following census in 2011 counted 851,405 people in 242,311 households.[8]