Dehgolan County ( fa, شهرستان دهگلان; Kurdish: Dêgûlan) is in
Kurdistan
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province,
Iran
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. The capital of the county is the city of
Dehgolan. At the 2006 census, the region's population (as Yeylan District of
Ghorveh County
Ghorveh County ( fa, شهرستان قروه) is in Kurdistan province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Ghorveh. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 196,972 in 47,214 households. The following census in 2011 counted ...
) was 58,502 in 13,780 households.
[ Retrieved 14 November 2022] The following census in 2011 counted 62,844 people in 17,150 households, by which time the district had been separated from the county to form Dehgolan County.
At the 2016 census, the county's population was 64,015 in 19,388 households.
Administrative divisions
The population history and structural changes of Dehgolan County's administrative divisions over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table. The latest census shows two districts, five rural districts, and two cities.
References
Counties of Kurdistan Province
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