Banehvreh
city in Kermanshah Province, Iran

Banehvreh (Persian: بانهوره) is a city in Bayangan District of Paveh County, Kermanshah province, Iran, serving as the administrative center for Shiveh Sar Rural District.
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, Banehvreh's population was 3,139 in 689 households, when it was a village in Shiveh Sar Rural District. The following census in 2011 counted 3,043 people in 756 households. The 2016 census measured the population as 3,187 people in 891 households, by which time the village had been elevated to the status of a city.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Banehvreh” is city in Kermanshah Province, Iran. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Banehvreh, city and Kermanshah, not as a finished interpretation.
Why this record matters
The phrase “city in Kermanshah Province, Iran” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5790729. Authority coordinates are 34.971, 46.359. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2006, 2011 and 2016.
A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
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- Historic place names
- Jurisdictional context
- Routes into maps and plans
Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.
Three-step research path
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- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
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This entry incorporates text from “Banehvreh” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.