Marivan
city in Kurdistan Province, Iran
Marivan (Persian: مريوان; ) is a city in the Central District of Marivan County, Kurdistan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.
Demographics
Language
The city is populated by ethnic Kurds and the people of Marivan speak Kurdish.
The linguistic composition of the city:
In 2023, the Marivan Cultural and Literacy Council and other institutions began updating entrance signs of the city and its countryside to include Kurdish. As of 2025, 200 village signs have been updated.
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 91,664 in 22,440 households. The following census in 2011 counted 110,464 people in 29,743 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 136,654 people in 39,368 households.
Climate
Archaeology
The archaeological site of Tepe Qaleh Naneh is located in the Marivan plain near the city of Marivan. It is a large site that extends to the south and around the modern city.
Lake Zaribar is roughly at the centre of the Marivan plain.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Marivan” as city in Kurdistan Province, Iran. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as city in Kurdistan Province, Iran. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 29, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q631517. Authority coordinates are 35.527, 46.176. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2023, 2025, 2006 and 2011.
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
Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
- 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
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Marivan”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Marivan primary sources, Marivan archive and Marivan research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Marivan”?
- What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
- Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
Search terms from this dossier
This entry incorporates text from “Marivan” 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.