Shulabad ( fa, شولآباد), formerly Shulabad-e Sofla (), also
Romanize
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d as Shulehabad-e Soflā and Shūlehābād-e Soflā,
is a city in, and the capital of,
Zaz va Mahru District Zaz va Mahru District ( fa, بخش زز و ماهرو) is a district (bakhsh) in Aligudarz County, Lorestan Province, Iran
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of
Aligudarz County
Aligudarz County ( fa, شهرستان الیگودرز) is located in Lorestan province, Iran. The capital of the county is Aligudarz. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 134,802, in 28,668 households. Retrieved 7 November 2022 At t ...
,
Lorestan province,
Iran
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, and also serves as the administrative center for
Zaz-e Sharqi Rural District
Zaz-e Sharqi Rural District ( fa, دهستان زز شرقي) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in Zaz va Mahru District, Aligudarz County, Lorestan Province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also calle ...
. The village of Shulabad-e Sofla merged with the former villages of
Asar,
Del Suran,
Derakht Chaman,
Khodadadkosh-e Olya,
Khodadadkosh-e Sofla,
Sarlak
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Shulabad-e Olya, with its name changed to Shulabad upon its elevation to the status of a city.
At the 2006 census, its population (as the total of its constituent villages before the merger) was 1,063 in 198 households.
The following census in 2011 counted 1,553 people in 336 households,
by which time the village had merged with other villages to form the new city of Shulabad.
The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 1,531 people in 422 households.
References
Aligudarz County
Cities in Lorestan Province
Populated places in Lorestan Province
Populated places in Aligudarz County
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