| LC control no. | n 81132528 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Kirmānshāh (Kirmānshāh, Iran) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Iran--Kirmānshāh (Kirmānshāh) |
| Variant(s) | Kirmānshāh (Kirmānshāhān, Iran) Kermānshāh (Kirmānshāh, Iran) Kermânšâh (Kirmānshāh, Iran) Kermās̆ān (Kirmānshāh, Iran) |
| Associated country | Iran |
| Located | Kirmānshāh (Iran : Province) |
| Found in | Tārikhchah-i shuʻarā-yi Kirmānshāh, 1958. BGN 7/27/81 (Kermānshāh, ppl, 34°19ʹN, 47°04ʹE; variant; Kermânšâh) GEOnet, Nov. 19, 2001 (Kermānshāh, ppl, 34°18ʹ51ʺN, 47°03ʹ54ʺE; variants, Bākhtarān, Qahremānshahr, Kermānshāhān, Kermânsâh, Bahtaran; 2 other ppls in different provinces with name Kermānshāh) Col. gaz. 1998 (city, Kermanshah, Kermānshāhan prov., W. Iran; variant, Bakhtaran) GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (civil; 34°15ʹ00ʺN 047°20ʹ00ʺE) Britannica academic, viewed on May 9, 2019: under Kermānshāh (formerly Bākhtarān; capital of the province of the same name; called Qirmasin (Qirmashin) [no publs. in LC database] in the 7th century AD) Encyclopædia Iranica, viewed on May 7, 2019: under Kermanshah geography (sometime after the establishment of the Islamic Republic, the city Kermāns̆ah changed to Imān-s̆ahr [no publs. in LC database] then Bākhtarān [no publs. in LC database]; in the early 1990s the historic name of the city and province was changed to Kermāns̆ah without the suffix -ān; city is called Kermās̆ān in Southern Kurdish) The concise dictionary of world place-names, viewed via Oxford reference on May 9, 2019: (Kermānshāh; city in Iran; after 1979 revolution, named changed from Kermānshāh to Qahremānshahr and then Bākhtarān; name changed back to Kirmānshāh about a decade later) |
| Geographic area code | a-ir--- |
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