Kermanshah

Kermanshah (Kurdish: کرماشان, Kirmaşan, Persian: کرمانشاه Kermãnshãh‎, also Romanized as Kermânsâh; also known as Bakhtaran, Bākhtarān, Kermānshāhān and Qahremānshahr) is a city in and the capital of Kermanshah Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 784,602, in 198,117 families. The language spoken by the majority of people is Kermanshahi Kurdish and Kermanshahi Persian. Kermanshah is located 525 km from Tehran in the western part of Iran. Kermanshah has a moderate and mountainous climate. The religion of most of the people is Shia Islam.