The Central District of Rumeshkhan County ( fa, بخش مرکزی شهرستان رومشکان) is a district (
bakhsh
A ( fa, بخش, also romanized as ) is a third-level administrative division of Iran. While sometimes translated as "county," it is more accurately translated as "district," similar to a township in the United States or a district of En ...
) in
Rumeshkhan County
Rumeshkhan County or Rūmeshgān County ( fa, شهرستان رومشکان) is located in Lorestan province, Iran. The capital of the county is Chaqabol. At the 2006 census, the county's population as a part of Kuhdasht County was 35,595, in ...
,
Lorestan 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, it had 19,333 inhabitants, living in 4,070 households.
The district has one city
Chaqabol
Chaqabol ( fa, چقابل, also Romanized as Chaqābol, Chaqābal, and Choqā Bol; also known as Choghā Bol) is a city in and the administrative headquarters for Rumeshkhan County, Lorestan Province, Iran
Iran, officially the Isla ...
, with 25% of the population. The District contains two
rural districts
Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of the ad ...
:
Bazvand Rural District, and
Rumeshkhan Rural District, with a total of thirteen villages.
References
Districts of Lorestan Province
Rumeshkhan County
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