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{{Short description|City in Kermanshah province, Iran}}

{{for|the administrative division of Kermanshah province|Paveh County}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}

{{Infobox settlement
| official_name            = Paveh
| native_name              = {{langx|fa|پاوه}}
| settlement_type          = City
| image_skyline            = Paveh.mokhtar.jpg
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| image_caption            = Paveh
| pushpin_map              = Iran
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| subdivision_type         = Country
| subdivision_name         = [[Iran]]
| subdivision_type1        = [[Provinces of Iran|Province]]
| subdivision_name1        = [[Kermanshah province|Kermanshah]]
| subdivision_type2        = [[Counties of Iran|County]]
| subdivision_name2        = [[Paveh County|Paveh]]
| subdivision_type3        = [[Bakhsh (administrative division)|District]]
| subdivision_name3        = [[Central District (Paveh County)|Central]]
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| population_as_of         = 2016
| population_total         = 25771
| population_footnotes     = <ref name="2016 Kermanshah Province"/>
| population_density_km2   = auto
| timezone                 = [[Iran Standard Time|IRST]]
| utc_offset               = +3:30
| coordinates              = {{coord|35|02|36|N|46|21|18|E|dim:1km|display=inline,title}}
|coordinates_footnotes   = <ref>{{Cite map |author=((OpenStreetMap contributors)) |url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=35.043333&mlon=46.355&zoom=15#map=15/35.04333/46.35500|website=[[OpenStreetMap]] |title=Paveh, Paveh County|date=12 December 2024|access-date=12 December 2024|lang=fa}}</ref>
| elevation_m              = 1560
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| area_code                = +(98)83
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'''Paveh''' ([[Persian language|Persian]] and [[Kurdish language|Kurdish]]: پاوه){{efn|Also [[romanize]]d as '''Pāveh''', '''Pawah''', and '''Pāweh'''; also known as '''Pâve''' and '''Pawe'''<ref>{{GEOnet3|-3078102}}</ref>}} is a city in the [[Central District (Paveh County)|Central District]] of [[Paveh County]], [[Kermanshah province|Kermanshah]] province, [[Iran]], serving as capital of both the county and the district.<ref name="Kermanshah Province Structure">{{cite report|title=Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of Bakhtran province, centered in the city of Bakhtran|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Research Center of the System of Laws of the Islamic Council of Farabi Mobile Library|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/113024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130206215420/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/113024|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|archive-date=6 February 2013|date=19 November 2013|orig-date=Approved 21 June 1369|id=Proposal 3233.1.5.53; Letter 93808/907; Notification 82832/T122K|access-date=29 January 2024}}</ref> It is in a region called [[Hawraman]].{{cn|date=March 2024}}

==History==
An old myth regarding the name of the city is that the Emperor [[Yazdgerd III]] sent his son named Pav to this area to renew his religious [[Zoroastrian]] faith. Both [[Persians]] and the local [[Goran (Kurdish tribe)|Gorans]] practiced [[Zoroastrianism]] during the [[Sasanian Empire]] from which this myth is derived.{{cn|date=June 2024}}

==Demographics==
===Language===
The inhabitants of Paveh are [[Kurds]] and speak [[Hawrami]] (also: [[Gorani language|Gorani]]). They follow the [[Shafi‘i]] branch of [[Sunni Islam]]. The first language spoken by the population in the city is mostly [[Gorani_language|Gorani]] language, but the language that is used in schools and offices is [[Persian language|Persian]], the official language of [[Iran]] in which almost everyone in the city is fluent.{{cn|date=June 2024}}

===Population===
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 19,774 in 5,171 households.<ref name="2006 Kermanshah Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Kermanshah Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/05.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920094844/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/05.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}}</ref> The following census in 2011 counted 23,704 people in 6,723 households.<ref name="2011 Kermanshah Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Kermanshah Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=irandataportal.syr.edu|via=Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University|url=https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Kermanshah.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230118172226/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Kermanshah.xls|archive-date=18 January 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}}</ref> The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 25,771 people in 7,932 households.<ref name="2016 Kermanshah Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Kermanshah Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_05.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403212203/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_05.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=3 April 2022}}</ref>

== Geography ==

=== Location and topography ===
Paveh is located in western [[Iran]] and is 112&nbsp;km far from [[Kermanshah]]. It lies in a sub-region along the Iran-Iraq border commonly referred to as [[Hewraman]], which is situated within the larger geographical region of [[Kurdistan]]. The city is considered by inhabitants of the region as the capital of Hewraman.{{fact|date=January 2019}}

===Climate===
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|Jan high C= 4.3				
|Feb high C= 6.4
|Mar high C= 12.2
|Apr high C= 16.6
|May high C= 23.8
|Jun high C= 30.5
|Jul high C= 35.0
|Aug high C= 34.3
|Sep high C= 30.2
|Oct high C= 23.2
|Nov high C= 14.8
|Dec high C= 7.4

|Jan low C = -5.9		
|Feb low C = -4.5
|Mar low C = 0.4
|Apr low C = 4.2
|May low C = 8.6
|Jun low C = 12.2
|Jul low C = 16.7
|Aug low C = 15.9
|Sep low C = 11.0
|Oct low C = 6.1
|Nov low C = 1.2
|Dec low C = -3.3

|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 120					
|Feb precipitation mm = 111
|Mar precipitation mm = 124
|Apr precipitation mm = 97
|May precipitation mm = 45
|Jun precipitation mm = 0
|Jul precipitation mm = 0
|Aug precipitation mm = 0
|Sep precipitation mm = 0
|Oct precipitation mm = 21
|Nov precipitation mm = 69
|Dec precipitation mm = 87
|source 1 = Climate-Data.org<ref>{{cite web
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| title = Climate: Paveh
| access-date =2020-04-14}}</ref>
}}

The town is encircled by fruit gardens. Paveh is situated along a mountainside like most cities and villages in the [[Hewraman]] region. Behind the city is the Shaho mountain and ahead of the city is a view of Atashgah, another mountain that was once the site of pilgrimages for ancient religions in the region. Among the most visited places is the Quri Qaleh caveman which is considered as the longest watery cave in the Middle East.{{fact|date=January 2019}} The cave is located around 25 kilometers from Paveh's city center.

==Landmarks==

===Rivers===

[[Sirwan River]] is one of the biggest rivers in Paveh. It rises near [[Sanandaj]], in the [[Zagros Mountains]] of Iran. It then descends through the mountains, where for some 32&nbsp;km it forms the border between the two countries. It finally feeds into the Tigris below [[Baghdad]]. Navigation of the upper reaches of the Diyala is not possible because of its narrow [[defile (geography)|defile]]s, but the river's valley provides an important trade route between Iran and Iraq.

=== Mountains ===

Paveh is established among mountains on [[Zagros Mountains]]. The mountain chain of [[Shaho]] is located in the west of Paveh. Shaho is the highest mountain in [[Kermanshah]] province with an elevation of 3390.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shaho Mountain|url=http://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Shaho|website=mountain-forecast.com|access-date=4 February 2015}}</ref>

== Notable people ==<!-- PLEASE RESPECT CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER -->
* [[Mirza Ebdilqadire Paweyi]]

==See also==
*[[Rawansar]]
*[[Javanrud]]

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== Notes ==
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==References==
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== External links ==
*[http://www.jadidonline.com/story/05052009/frnk/oraman Omid Sālehi, ''Customs of the Land of Stone and Wind'' (''Ā'in-e Sar'zamin-e Sang va Bād''), in Persian, Jadid Online, 5 May 2009]
*[http://www.jadidonline.com/images/stories/flash_multimedia/Oraman_test/oraman_high.html Audio slideshow] (5 min 39 sec).

{{Authority control}}

{{Kermanshah Province|state=collapsed}}

{{Paveh County|state=collapsed}}

[[Category:Populated places in Paveh County]]

[[Category:Cities in Kermanshah province]]

[[Category:Kurdish settlements in Kermanshah province]]