Khalkhal County ( fa, شهرستان خلخال; az, شهرستان خلخالخالخال بؤلگهسی) is in
Ardabil
Ardabil (, fa, اردبیل, Ardabīl or ''Ardebīl'') is a city in northwestern Iran, and the capital of Ardabil Province. As of the 2022 census, Ardabil's population was 588,000. The dominant majority in the city are ethnic Iranian Azerbaija ...
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
Khalkhal. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 92,315 in 22,969 households.
The following census in 2011 counted 92,332 people in 25,763 households.
At the 2016 census, the county's population was 86,731 in 26,779 households.
The majority of Khalkhal county are
Azerbaijanis
Azerbaijanis (; az, Azərbaycanlılar, ), Azeris ( az, Azərilər, ), or Azerbaijani Turks ( az, Azərbaycan Türkləri, ) are a Turkic people living mainly in northwestern Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan. They are the second-most numer ...
, but there are many
Tats and
Kurds ug:كۇردلار
Kurds ( ku, کورد ,Kurd, italic=yes, rtl=yes) or Kurdish people are an Iranian ethnic group native to the mountainous region of Kurdistan in Western Asia, which spans southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Ir ...
living in the southern areas of the county, especially in
Shahrud District
Shahrud District ( fa, بخش شاهرود) is a district (bakhsh) in Khalkhal County, Ardabil Province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bord ...
and
Khvoresh Rostam District.
Administrative divisions
The population history of Khalkhal County's administrative divisions over three consecutive censuses is shown in the following table. The latest census shows three districts, eight rural districts, and three cities.
References
Counties of Ardabil Province
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