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Bakhtaran

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Bakh·ta·ran  (bäkt-rän, bätä-) Formerly Ker·man·shah (kr-mänshä, -shô)
A city of western Iran west-southwest of Tehran. Founded in the fourth century a.d., it was later a frontier fortress against the Ottoman Turks. Population: 795,000.
Bakhtaran [ˌbæktəˈrɑːn -ˈræn]
n
(Placename) a city in W Iran, in the valley of the Qareh Su: oil refinery. Pop.: 692 986 (1996) Former name (until 1987) Kermanshah
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