Mariwan (, ; ,
Merîwan; also
Romanized as Persian pronunciation
Marīvān) also known as
Qal‘eh-ye Marīvān - "Fort Marivan"; formerly,
Dezhe Shahpur (Persian: دِژ شاهپور), also Romanized as
Dezhe Shāhpūr and
Dezhe Shapoor) is a city in and capital of
Marivan County,
Kurdistan Province,
Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 91,664, in 22,440 families. Before the foundation of the city in 1950s, Marîwan was the name of the region.