Sonqor County (Persian: شهرستان سنقر) is in Kermanshah province, Iran.

[5] The city of Sonqor and the villages of Qalʿa-ye Farhād Khan and Qorva are predominantly populated by Turkics, whose ancestors reportedly arrived during the Mongol domination of Iran.

[6] The other areas within Sonqor County are predominantly populated by Kurds most of whom have originally been agriculturalists.

[5] These Kurdish feudal lords (khans) were in control of the Kurdish-populated parts of the county until early 20th century Qajar Iran, and were reportedly scions (in the eighth generation) of a certain Safi Khan who lived in the later Safavid period.

[2] Sonqor County's population history and administrative structure over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.