Ardelan
The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.
Ardelan
a region in northwestern Iran, in the western part of Iranian Kurdistan. Ardelan’s capital is Sanandaj. The population is basically of Kurdish stock. (For historical information see KURDS.)
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