Kangavar: facts

At a glance

• Country: Iran
• Region: Kermanshah Province
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 51,352
• Coordinates: 34.5043° N, 47.9653° E
• Time zone: Asia/Tehran (UTC+03:30)
• Currency: Rial (IRR)
• Distance to the capital, Tehran: 341 km (212 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Hamadan Airport (HDM): 68 km (42 mi), straight line
• Shahid Ashrafi Esfahani Airport (KSH): 76 km (47 mi), straight line
• Sanandaj Airport (SDG): 120 km (75 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Firuzan: 21 km (13 mi)
• Sahneh: 25 km (16 mi)
• Asadabad: 34 km (21 mi)
• Harsin: 43 km (27 mi)
• Tuyserkan: 44 km (27 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Hamadan, 60 km (37 mi)