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Piranshahr is a city located in West Azarbaijan Province in northwest Iran. It is the capital of Piranshahr County.
Piranshahr is the center of the traditional region of Mokrian.
Piranshahr is the seat of Piranshahr County and its inhabitants are sometimes referred to as Piranshahris, Mukris or Mukrianis, but this term is also applied to those people who live in the neighbouring suburbs.
Piranshahr is one of the Iran's oldest cities and its foundations date back to the pre-Islamic era of Iran and the emergence of the kingdom of Media.
The Farsi language is the official language of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and thus within the city of Piranshahr every literate person knows how to communicate in Persian language.
The city of Piranshahr produces a full range of over 100 different granite materials in a variety of colours and textures. The quality and the beauty of Piranshahr granites are one of the best-known in the world.
The city is one of the fastest-growing cities in Iran. The government's mid-year estimate for 2016 puts Piranshahr's population at 70,000 compared with the 1996 figure of 30,000.The city is forecast to have a population of approximately. 100,000 by 2020.
The motto of the city given by the Iranian government is: Kordestan is the bastion of Iran.(Kordestan dezhe mostahkame Iran ast)