[custom_adv] Sanandaj County is a county in the Kurdistan Province. Its capital is Sanandaj. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 409,628, in 105,247 families. [custom_adv] The county is subdivided into two districts: the Central District and Kalatrazan District. The county has two cities: Sanandaj and Shuyesheh. [custom_adv] Sanandaj's founding is fairly recent, (about 200 years ago), yet under its short existence it has grown to become a center of Kurdish culture. [custom_adv] The spoken language in the city is Kurdish, but the language which is used in schools and offices is, as the official language in which almost everyone in the city is fluent. [custom_adv] The population of Sanandaj is mainly Kurdish. The city also had an Armenian minority who gradually emigrated from the city. Until the (1979), the city had a small Aramaic-speaking Jewish community of about 4,000 people. [custom_adv] The city boasted a sizable Assyrian community that spoke a unique dialect of Aramaic called Senaya. The economy of Sanandaj is based upon the production of carpets, processed hides and skins, milled rice, refined sugar, woodworking, cotton weaving, metalware and cutlery. [custom_adv] The Ardalani dialect of Kurdish is spoken in Sanandaj and its surroundings. Ardalani dialect is distinct to Kurdistan province and is spoken in Sanandaj and other cities of Kurdistan province. [custom_adv] The other important dialect of Sorani Kurdish is Mokriani which is spoken in Mokrian region West Azerbaijan province.
