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Makhoshin

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Makhoshin
ماخوشين
Village
Makhoshin is located in Iran
Makhoshin
Makhoshin
Coordinates: 34°37′57″N 46°31′06″E / 34.63250°N 46.51833°E / 34.63250; 46.51833
Country Iran
ProvinceKermanshah
CountyRavansar
BakhshCentral
Rural DistrictDowlatabad
Population
 (2006)
 • Total
277
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+4:30 (IRDT)

Makhvoshin (Persian: ماخوشين, also romanized as Mākhvoshīn and Mākhūshīn)[1] is a village in Dowlatabad Rural District, in the Central District of Ravansar County, Kermanshah Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 277, in 49 families.[2] Makhoshin is located in Ravansar County, an area with archaeological evidence of human habitation dating back to prehistoric times.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Makhvoshin at GEOnet Names Server
  2. ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 2011-09-20.
  3. ^ Biglari, F.; Taheri, K. (2000). "The discovery of Upper Paleolithic remains at Mar Kuliian and Mar Dalan caves, Ravansar." In Taheri, K. (ed.), Essays on the Archaeology, Geology, and Culture of Ravansar Area. Taq-e Bostan Publications, pp. 7–27.