Kangavar (; ; also Romanized as Kangāvar) is a city in the Central District of Kangavar County, Kermanshah province, Iran, and serves as both capital of the county and of the district.
At the 2006 National Census, its population was 48,901 in 12,220 households. The following census in 2011 counted 53,449 people in 15,021 households. The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 51,352 people in 15,762 households.
Kangavar is located in the easternmost part of Kermanshah Province, on the modern road from Hamadan to Kermanshah, identical with a trace of the Silk Road, located at the distance of about 75 km from Hamadan and 96 km from Kermanshah.
History
Kangavar was mentioned by Isidore of Charax in the 1st century AD, by the name of "Konkobar" or "Concobar" in the ancient province of Ecbatana (modern Hamedan). In antiquity, the city was in Media, with a temple of Artemis (Isidor. Char. p. 7; Tab. Pent.; Geogr. Rav.)
