Ben ( fa, بن, also

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d as Bain and Ban) is a city in the Central District of Ben County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province,

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, and serves as capital of the county. At the 2006 census, its population was 11,699 in 3,141 households, when it was a city in

Shahrekord County Shahr-e Kord ( fa, شهركرد, also Romanized as Shahrekord and Shahr Kord) is the capital city of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran. It is the largest city in the province, and is 90 km away from Iran's third largest city, Isfahan ...

before the establishment of Ben County. The following census in 2011 counted 11,775 people in 3,534 households. The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 12,971 people in 4,049 households, by which time it became the capital of the new county. The city is populated by

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with a small

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minority.

Notable people

Habib Esfahani Habib Esfahani (born 1835/1251 - 1894/1311; fa, حبیب اصفهانی) was an Iranian poet, grammarian and translator, who spent much of his life in exile in Ottoman Turkey. Biography He was born in 1835 near Isfahan. He is also known as H ...

References

Ben County Cities in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province Populated places in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province Populated places in Ben County {{ChaharmahalBakhtiari-geo-stub