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Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari
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Kuhrang
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Bazoft
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Bazoft ( fa, بازفت) is a city in, and the capital of,
Bazoft District
Bazoft District ( fa, بخش بازفت) is in Kuhrang County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 14,270 in 2,459 households. The following census in 2011 counted 12,185 people in 2,459 households ...
of
Kuhrang County
Kuhrang County ( fa, شهرستان کوهرنگ) is located in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, Iran. The capital of the county is Chelgerd. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 33,468, in 5,980 households. Retrieved 10 November ...
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Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province,
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
. In 2013, the former villages of
Chaman Goli (چمن گلی) and
Telurd (تلورد) merged in the establishment of the new city of Bazoft.
Demographics
Ethnicity
The city is populated by
Lurs
Lurs () are an Iranian people living in the mountains of western Iran. The four Luri branches are the Bakhtiari, Mamasani, Kohgiluyeh and Lur proper, who are principally linked by the Luri language.
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Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, Bazoft's population (as the total of its constituent villages before their merger) was 831 in 592 households.
The following census in 2011 counted 1,324 people in 233 households.
The 2016 census measured the population as 1,519 people in 337 households,
by which time the villages had merged to form the city of Bazoft.
See also
References
Cities in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province
Populated places in Kuhrang County
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