At the 2006 census, its population was 2,754 in 644 households, when it was a village in Uraman Takht Rural District.[7] The following census in 2011 counted 2,761 people in 711 households.[8] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 3,176 people in 911 households,[2] by which time the village had been elevated to the status of a city.[4]
History
During the
Iran-Iraq war, Uraman Takht, as the center of
Uraman region, came under the control of the
Sipay Rizgari group led by Sheykh
Osman Naqshbandi. In September-October 1981, it was at the center of a battle for control over the region, before being recaptured by Iranian forces. Approximately 50 Sipay Rizgari fighters were killed and 200 captured by Iranian forces during the battle for the city.[9]
^Also
Romanized as Ūrāmān Takht and Ooraman Takht; also known as Avromān, Owrāmān, Owrāmān Shahr, Shehr-i-Avrōman, and Ūrāmān;
Hawrami Kurdish: ھەورامان تەخت, Romanized as Hewraman Text[3]
^Uraman Takht can be found at
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