Marivan (Persian: مريوان, Merîwan ( (listen) Kurdish: مەریوان, also Romanized as Persian pronunciation Marīvān) also known as Qal‘eh-ye Marīvān - "Fort Marivan"; formerly, Dez Shahpur (Persian: دِژ شاهپور), also Romanized as Dezh Shāhpūr and Dezh 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[citation needed].