Sumar (Persian: سومار; also Romanized as Sūmār, Soormar, and Sowmār)[2] is a city and 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.[3] The village is populated by Kurds.[4]

Sumar سومار
City
Sumar
Coordinates: 33°52′39″N 45°38′30″E
Country	Iran
Province	Kermanshah
County	Qasr-e Shirin
Bakhsh	Sumar
Population  (2016 Census)
• Total	180 [1]
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+4:30 (IRDT)

Border market

Sumar border market was inaugurated as the ninth border market on the Iranian side of Iran-Iraq border on 5 April 2015.The border market, in which more than 100 billion rials has been invested, was officially inaugurated during a ceremony attended by the governors of Kermanshah and the Iraqi province of Dialeh. It is located in the Sumar-Mandali border region. As its first commercial activity, the 40-hectare border market's primary aim was to export 200 tons of cement to Iraq. Currently, Parvizkhan border market near the city of Qasr-e Shirin is the major export channel through which 52% of the Iranian goods are exported to Iraq.[5]

See also

• Soumar (missile), is named after this city.
• Naft shahr
• Eyvan County
• Ghalajeh tunnel
• Gilan-e Gharb County

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