Dehloran County | |
Native Name: | Persian: شهرستان دهلران |
Settlement Type: | County |
Image Map1: | IranIlam-SVG.svg |
Map Caption1: | Location of Ilam province in Iran |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Iran |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Ilam |
Seat Type: | Capital |
Seat: | Dehloran |
Parts Type: | Districts |
Parts Style: | para |
P1: | Central |
P2: | Dasht-e Abbas |
P3: | Musian |
P4: | Sarab Meymeh |
P5: | Zarrinabad |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Total: | 65630 |
Coordinates: | 32.7°N 63°W |
Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
Timezone: | IRST |
Utc Offset: | +3:30 |
Dehloran County (Persian: شهرستان دهلران) is in Ilam province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Dehloran.
Dehloran County is mostly populated by the Kurdish Kurdali tribe and has an Arab and Lur minority.
After the 2011 National Census, the city of Meymeh was separated from Zarrinabad District in the establishment of Sarab Meymeh District, which was divided into the new Gurab and Takhtan Rural Districts.[2]
In March 2017, Dalpari Rural District was established in Musian District, and Abu Ghoveyr and Dasht-e Abbas Rural Districts were separated from it in the establishment of Dasht-e Abbas District.[3]
At the time of the 2006 census, the county's population was 58,993 in 11,376 households.[4] The following census in 2011 counted 66,399 people in 14,852 households.[5] The 2016 census measured the population of the county as 65,630 in 16,959 households.[6]
Dehloran County's population history and administrative structure over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.
Administrative Divisions | 2006 | 2011 | 2016 | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Central District | 32,311 | 36,942 | 38,304 | |
4,709 | 5,953 | 5,363 | ||
Dehloran (city) | 27,602 | 30,989 | 32,941 | |
Dasht-e Abbas District | ||||
Musian District | 16,275 | 19,427 | 18,282 | |
Abu Ghoveyr RD | 1,142 | 1,915 | 1,813 | |
Dasht-e Abbas RD | 8,525 | 9,782 | 9,204 | |
4,037 | 5,153 | 4,806 | ||
Musian (city) | 2,571 | 2,577 | 2,459 | |
Sarab Meymeh District | 2,766 | |||
626 | ||||
227 | ||||
Meymeh (city) | 1,913 | |||
Zarrinabad District | 10,407 | 10,030 | 6,227 | |
1,547 | 1,350 | 1,114 | ||
2,242 | 1,979 | 1,243 | ||
Meymeh (city) | 2,277 | 2,636 | ||
Pahleh (city) | 4,341 | 4,065 | 3,870 | |
Total | 58,993 | 66,399 | 65,630 | |