Bazoft District ( fa, بخش بازفت) is in
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 ...
. 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.
At the latest census in 2016, the district had 14,742 inhabitants living in 3,478 households.
The population is mainly composed of
Bakhtiari Lors from the
Haft Lang tribes.
Geography
In the heart of the Zagros mountains, in the foothills of the Zardkuh mountain range, the Bazoft district is located about 180km west of Shahrekord and 200km east of Masjed Soleyman on the Shahrekord-Masjed Soleyman road. The Bazoft river, located near the Zardkuh mountains, is one of the main affluents of the Karun river.
Gallery
Bazoft_Fog.jpg, Bazoft valley under a heavy fog
View_of_Zardkuh.jpg, Zard Kuh
Zard-Kuh (meaning "Yellow Mountain", also spelled Zardkuh, Zarduh Kuh or Zard Kuh-e Bakhtiari; Persian: زردکوه بختیاری) is a sub-range in the central Zagros Range, Iran.
With an elevation of 4221 metres, the Zard-Kuh is located ...
mountains from the city of Bazoft
Bakhtiari_nomad_camp.jpg, Bakhtiari nomads settlement
Sheeps_and_goats.jpg, Goats and sheep in the foothill of Zardkuh
Bazoft_river_snow.jpg, Bazoft river in winter
Bakhtiari_nomads.jpg, Nomadic transhumance in the village of Hossein Abad
References
Kuhrang County
Districts of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province
Populated places in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province
Populated places in Kuhrang County
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