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Khorramabad County

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Not to be confused with Khorrambid County, Khorramdarreh County, or Khorramshahr County.
For the city, see Khorramabad. For other places with a similar name, see Khorramabad.

Khorramabad County
Persian: شهرستان خرم‌آباد
County
Location of Khorramabad County in Lorestan province (center, pink)
Location of Khorramabad County in Lorestan province (center, pink)
Location of Lorestan province in Iran
Location of Lorestan province in Iran
Coordinates: 33°21′N 48°31′E / 33.350°N 48.517°E / 33.350; 48.517[1]
CountryIran
ProvinceLorestan
CapitalKhorramabad
DistrictsCentral, Beyranvand, Papi, Zagheh
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total
506,471
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)
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Khorramabad County (Persian: شهرستان خرم‌آباد) is in Lorestan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Khorramabad.[3]

History

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After the 2006 National Census, Chegeni[a] and Veysian Districts were separated from the county to form Dowreh County.[5][b]

Demographics

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Population

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At the time of the 2006 census, the county's population was 509,251 in 113,886 households.[7] The following census in 2011 counted 487,167 people in 128,600 households.[8] The 2016 census measured the population of the county as 506,471 in 144,958 households.[2]

Administrative divisions

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Khorramabad County's population history and administrative structure over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.

Khorramabad County Population
Administrative Divisions 2006[7] 2011[8] 2016[2]
Central District 417,556 445,627 463,599
Azna RD 6,214 6,190 5,859
Dehpir-e Jonubi RD 7,479 9,659 10,258
Dehpir-e Shomali RD 6,332 6,108 6,082
Kakasharaf RD 4,091 3,627 2,742
Koregah-e Gharbi RD[c] 45,409 50,971 42,884
Koregah-e Sharqi RD 11,294 12,456 11,759
Robat RD 8,193 8,400 10,599
Khorramabad (city) 328,544 348,216 373,416
Beyranvand District[d] 11,378 10,879 12,003
Beyranvand-e Jonubi RD 6,309 5,994 6,547
Beyranvand-e Shomali RD 3,525 3,476 3,736
Beyranshahr (city)[e] 1,544 1,409 1,720
Chegeni District[f] 31,117
Dowreh RD 9,208
Kashkan RD[g] 10,294
Teshkan RD 10,303
Sarab-e Dowreh (city) 1,312
Papi District 16,898 13,514 12,204
Chamsangar RD 2,520 1,942 1,675
Gerit RD 2,145 1,876 1,539
Keshvar RD 1,873 1,379 1,206
Sepiddasht RD 5,117 3,741 3,610
Tang-e Haft RD 2,046 2,031 1,257
Sepiddasht (city) 3,197 2,545 2,917
Veysian District[h] 13,029
Shurab RD 5,081
Veysian RD 6,131
Veysian (city)[i] 1,817
Zagheh District 19,273 16,869 17,440
Qaedrahmat RD 7,381 6,449 6,108
Razan RD 3,102 2,052 3,260
Zagheh RD 5,951 5,683 5,296
Zagheh (city) 2,839 2,685 2,776
Total 509,251 487,167 506,471
RD = Rural District

Demographics

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Language

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The city's population is mainly Lur and kurdish Lak.[11][12]

See below, the linguistic composition of the city:[13]

Khorramabad linguistic composition (2022)
Language percent
Luri
 
 60%
Laki
 
 40%

Colleges and universities

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Islamic Azad University of Khorramabad

Historical attractions

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In the current location of Khorramabad, there was a city called Khaydalau from the Elamite period, and later the city of Shapurkhast was built on its ruins and around the current location of the city by order of Shapur I of the Sassanid Empire.

There are numerous historical and natural tourist attractions in the city of Khorramabad, including Falak-ol-Aflak Castle, a brick minaret, a broken bridge, a stone whirlpool, an inscription, Baba Taher's tomb, and Lake Kio.[17]

See also

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Media related to Khorramabad County at Wikimedia Commons

Notes

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  1. ^ Formerly Dowreh-ye Chegeni District[3] and renamed the Central District of Chegeni County[4]
  2. ^ Renamed Chegeni County[6]
  3. ^ Formerly Koregah Rural District[9]
  4. ^ Formerly Chaghalvandi District[10]
  5. ^ Formerly Chaghalvandi[10]
  6. ^ Formerly Dowreh-ye Chegeni District;[3] transferred to Dowreh County,[6]
  7. ^ Renamed Kashkan-e Shomali Rural District[5]
  8. ^ Transferred to Dowreh County,[5] later renamed Chegeni County[6]
  9. ^ Formerly Mahmudvand[5]

References

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  1. ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (1 January 2025). "Khorramabad County" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 1 January 2025.
  2. ^ a b c Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Lorestan Province. amar.org.ir (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 12 October 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. ^ a b c Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the country divisions of Lorestan province, centered in the city of Khorramabad. lamtakam.com (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Political and Defense Commission of the Government Board. c. 2024 [Approved 21 June 1369]. Proposal 3233.1.5.53; Letter 907-93808; Notification 82816/T121K. Archived from the original on 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024 – via Lam ta Kam.
  4. ^ Vahidi, Ahmad (17 December 2023). "The name of Chegeni District was changed to Central". yaftenews.ir (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Cabinet of Ministers. Archived from the original on 3 January 2024. Retrieved 31 December 2024 – via Yafteh.
  5. ^ a b c d Davodi, Parviz (c. 2015) [Approved 29 July 1386]. Approval letter regarding the reforms of country divisions in Lorestan province. law.dotic.ir (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Cabinet of Ministers. Proposal 93023/42/1/1; Letter 58538/T26118AH. Archived from the original on 29 September 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2023 – via Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
  6. ^ a b c Jahangiri, Ishaq (14 April 2019) [Approved 22 December 1397]. Approval regarding national divisions in the provinces of West Azerbaijan, Ardabil, Isfahan, Bushehr, Sistan and Baluchestan, Fars, Qom, Lorestan, Mazandaran. sdil.ac.ir (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Cabinet of Ministers. Proposal 158389; Notification 175033/T56016H. Archived from the original on 29 June 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2025 – via Shahr Danesh Legal Research Institute.
  7. ^ a b Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Lorestan Province. amar.org.ir (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  8. ^ a b Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Lorestan Province. irandataportal.syr.edu (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 19 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022 – via Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University.
  9. ^ Habibi, Hassan (c. 2023) [Approved 16 April 1372]. Carrying out reforms in the villages of Lorestan province. qavanin.ir (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Board. Proposal 4/42/1889/1; Resolution 93808/T907. Archived from the original on 23 August 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2024 – via Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
  10. ^ a b Rahimi, Mohammadreza (14 August 2017). "Six changes in the map of the national divisions of Lorestan and Sistan and Baluchestan provinces". dolat.ir (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Political and Defense Commission. Archived from the original on 4 August 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2023 – via Secretariat of the Government Information Council.
  11. ^ Anonby, Erik John "Update on Luri: How many languages" Archived 2015-05-01 at the Wayback Machine JRAS (Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society) Series 3 13(2): pp. 171–197, p.183, doi:10.1017/S1356186303003067
  12. ^ "Khorramabad is the largest city of Lurs" (in Persian). Yafte news agancy. 18 April 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  13. ^ "Language distribution: individual languages and language families". Iran Atlas. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  14. ^ Lorestan University" homepage, in English Archived September 20, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  15. ^ "Lorestan University of Medical Sciences homepage". Lums.ac.ir. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
  16. ^ "afpkh.ir". afpkh.ir. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
  17. ^ دریاچه کیو، نگین فیروزه‌ای خرم آباد + تصاویر Qaw Lake, the turquoise gem of Khorramabad + pictures


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