Izeh County ( fa, شهرستان ایذه) is in
Khuzestan
Khuzestan Province (also spelled Xuzestan; fa, استان خوزستان ''Ostān-e Xūzestān'') is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is in the southwest of the country, bordering Iraq and the Persian Gulf. Its capital is Ahvaz and it covers ...
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 ...
. The capital of the county is the city of
Izeh
Izeh ( fa, ايذه, also Romanized as Īz̄eh; also known as Malāmir, Izaj, and Malemir) is a city and capital of Izeh County, Khuzestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 103,695, in 20,127 families.
Izeh also has mines o ...
. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 193,510 in 36,123 households.
[ Retrieved 31 October 2022] The following census in 2011 counted 203,621 people in 45,090 households.
At the 2016 census, the county's population was 198,871 in 48,682 households.
Dehdez District was separated from the county on 27 July 2021 and became
Dezpart County
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["Approval letter regarding country divisions in Izeh county of Khuzestan province," National Information Base of Laws and Regulations of the Country (31 July 2021)]
Accessed on 30 November 2022.The vast majority of its population are from the
Bakhtiari people, Bakhtiari tribe, one of the largest in Iran.
Administrative divisions
The population history and structural changes of Izeh County's administrative divisions over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table. The latest census shows three districts, 10 rural districts, and two cities.
References
Counties of Khuzestan Province
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