Sarpol-e Zahab County

Sarpol-e Zahab County

شارستانی سەرپێڵی زەھاو
Sarpol-e Zahab County شارستانی سەرپێڵی زەھاو
County
	Counties of Kermanshah Province
	Location of Kermanshah Province in Iran
	Coordinates: 34°35′N 45°50′E / 34.583°N 45.833°ECoordinates: 34°35′N 45°50′E / 34.583°N 45.833°E
Country	Iran
Province	Kermanshah
Capital	Sarpol-e Zahab
Bakhsh (Districts)	Central District
Population (2006)
• Total	81,428
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+4:30 (IRDT)
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Sarpol-e Zahab County or with Kurdish pronunciation Sarpell-i zahaw (Kurdish: سه‌رپێڵی زه‌هاو, Serpêllî Zehaw Persian: شهرستان سرپل ذهاب, Šaharestâne Sarpole Zahâb;) is a county in Kermanshah Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Sarpol-e Zahab, whose people are adherents of Shia, Sunni and Yarsan.^[1]

The inhabitants speak Kalhori variant of the Sorani dialect of Kurdish. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 81,428, in 18,233 families.^[2] The county has one district: the Central District. The county has one city: Sarpol-e Zahab.

Archaeological findings[]

Archaeologists published in the journal Antiquity in August 2019 about the discovery of a defensive wall named “Gawri wall” or “Gawri Chen Wall” which was found near the present-day Iranian-Iraqi border and stretched about 115 kilometers. It is estimated that, the wall was built during the rule of the Parthians or Sasanians.^[3]^[4]

According to Sajjad Alibeigi, “With an estimated volume of approximately one million cubic meters of stone, it would have required significant resources in terms of workforce, materials and time, remnants of structures, now destroyed, are visible in places along the wall. These may have been associated turrets [small towers] or buildings”.^[5]^[6]