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Sumar, Iran

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Country
  
Iran

Bakhsh
  
Sumar

Population
  
20 (2006)

County
  
Qasr-e Shirin

Time zone
  
IRST (UTC+3:30)

Province
  
Kermanshah Province

Sumar, Iran

Sumar (Persian: سومار‎‎; also Romanized as Sūmār, Soormar, and Sowmār) is a small city in and the capital of Sumar District, in Qasr-e Shirin County, Kermanshah Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 20, in 15 families, making it Iran's least populous settlement with city status. Virtually the entire population of Sumar was killed by an Iraqi chemical attack, and the city destroyed during the Iran-Iraq War. It has not been rebuilt.

Map of Soomar, Kermanshah Province, Iran

References

Sumar, Iran Wikipedia