Shahu, Iran

Shahu Persian: شاهو, formerly Mansur-e Aqai (Persian: منصوراقايي, also Romanized as Manşūr-e Āqā’ī and Manşūr Āqā’ī; also known as Manşūrābād) is a city in, and the capital of, Shahu District of Ravansar County, Kermanshah province, Iran. In 2008, the former village of Mansur-e Aqai merged with the village of Qeshlaq and was renamed as the city of Shahu.

For the administrative division of which this is the capital, see Shahu District. For the administrative division in Kurdistan province, see Shahu Rural District. For other uses of the same name, see Shahu. For other places with a similar name as the village's former name, see Mansurabad.

Shahu
Persian: شاهو
City
Shahu
Coordinates: 34°56′08″N 46°27′42″E
Country Iran
ProvinceKermanshah
CountyRavansar
DistrictShahu
Population
 (2016)
 • Total3,558
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

At the 2006 census, its population (as the total of the villages of Mansur-e Aqai and Qeshlaq) was 3,151 in 708 households. The following census in 2011 counted 3,342 people in 871 households, by which time the villages had merged to form the new city of Shahu. The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 3,558 people in 1,049 households.

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