Sarpol-e Zahab

Sarpol-e Zahab was used as a missile base for ground-to-ground missiles during the Iran-Iraq War. ==Demographics==

Language and ethnicity The town is populated by Kurds. Population At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 34,632 in 8,210 households. The following census in 2011 counted 35,809 people in 9,447 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 45,481 people in 12,850 households. == Reliefs ==

The area of Sar-e Pol-e Zahab has several more or less well preserved reliefs of the Lullubi kingdom, as well as a Parthian relief. Lullubian reliefs The most famous of these reliefs is the Anubanini rock relief. Another relief named Sar-e Pol-e Zohab I is about 200 meters away, in a style similar to the Anubanini relief, but this time with a beardless ruler. The attribution to a specific ruler remains uncertain. File:Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, relief IV.jpg|Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, relief I Anubanini Rock Relief 3.jpg|The second relief, below the Anubanini relief, a Parthian relief. File:Sar-e_Pol_Parthian_relief.jpeg|Drawing of the Parthian relief. ==See also==