Lordegan County ( fa, شهرستان لردگان) is in
Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province,
Iran
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. The capital of the county is the city of
Lordegan. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 175,289, in 34,603 households.
The following census in 2011 counted 194,783 people in 44,921 households.
At the 2016 census, the county's population was 209,681 in 54,825 households.
After the census, Khanmirza District was separated from the county to participate in the formation of
Khanmirza County
Khanmirza County ( fa, شهرستان خانمیرزا) is located in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, Iran
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, and Falard District to become
Falard County.
Administrative divisions
The population history and structural changes of Lordegan County's administrative divisions over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table. The latest census shows five districts, 11 rural districts, and five cities.
Demographics
Bakhtiari tribes are predominant inhabitants of Lordegan county. People mainly speak
Lurish language by
Bakhtiari dialect
Bakhtiari dialect is a distinct dialect of Southern Luri spoken by Bakhtiari people in Chaharmahal-o-Bakhtiari, Bushehr, eastern Khuzestan and parts of Isfahan and Lorestan provinces. It is closely related to the Boir-Aḥmadī, Kohgīlūy ...
, which is a member of
Southwestern Iranian languages
The Western Iranic languages are a branch of the Iranic languages, attested from the time of Old Persian (6th century BC) and Median.
Languages
The traditional Northwestern branch is a convention for non-Southwestern languages, rather than a g ...
.
Geography
The Milas Plain ( fa, دشت ميلاس, also
Romanized as Mīlās)
is found in Lordegan County. Wheat, rice and barley are cultivated in the plain.
References
Counties of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province
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