Country
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Province
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County
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Ardal
Ardal ( fa, اردل, also romanized as Ardel) is a city in the Central District of Ardal County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a coun ...
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District
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Rural District
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IRST
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Refen ( fa, رفن) is a village in Miankuh Rural District of
Ardal County
Ardal County ( fa, شهرستان اردل) is in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Ardal.Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 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 ...
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At the 2006 census, its population was 863 in 198 households. The following census in 2011 counted 919 people in 243 households. The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 991 people in 271 households; it was the largest village in its rural district. The village is populated by
Lurs
Lurs () are an Iranian people living in the mountains of western Iran. The four Luri branches are the Bakhtiari, Mamasani, Kohgiluyeh and Lur proper, who are principally linked by the Luri language.
Lorestan Province is named after the Lu ...