Palangan, Kurdistan

Palangan
پالنگان
Palangan
Coordinates: 35°04′06″N 46°36′12″E / 35.06833°N 46.60333°E / 35.06833; 46.60333
Country Iran
ProvinceKurdistan
CountyKamyaran
BakhshCentral
Rural DistrictZhavehrud
Population
 (2006)
  Total
821
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)
  Summer (DST)UTC+4:30 (IRDT)

Palangan (Persian: پالنگان, Palangān; Kurdish: پاڵنگان), also known as Patagān, Patakān, and Tangān, is a Kurdish village in Kurdistan Province, Iran. Its population was 821, with 194 families, in the 2006 Iranian census. There is a site near the village that contains the ruins of an ancient fort. Residents speak the endangered Hawrami dialect of the Gorani language. The village dates back to pre-Islamic times and was an administrative center in the Principality of Ardalan.