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Lorestan
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County
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Rumeshkan
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IRST
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Suri District ( fa, بخش سوري) is in
Rumeshkan County
Rumeshkhan County or Rūmeshgān County ( fa, شهرستان رومشکان) is located in Lorestan province, Iran. The capital of the county is Chaqabol. At the 2006 census, the county's population as a part of Kuhdasht County was 35,595, in ...
,
Lorestan 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 ...
. Its capital is the village of
Suri.
The district has a total of 19 villages.
Mount Vyznhar (Vznyar), the highest mountain in the county, is located in Suri District. On its slopes are the ruins of Kohzad Castle.
In April 2013, Rumeshkan District was separated from
Kuhdasht County
Kuhdasht County ( fa, شهرستان کوهدشت) is located in Lorestan province, Iran. The capital of the county is Kuhdasht
Kuhdasht ( ku, Kwêyeşt, کوێیەشت fa, كوهدشت, also Romanized as Kūhdasht and Kūh-ī-Dasht) is a ci ...
in the establishment of Rumeshkan County, which was divided into two districts of two rural districts each, with
Chaqabol
Chaqabol ( fa, چقابل, also Romanized as Chaqābol, Chaqābal, and Choqā Bol; also known as Choghā Bol) is a city in and the administrative headquarters for Rumeshkhan County, Lorestan Province, Iran
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as its capital and only city.
At the latest National Census in 2016, the district had 17,005 inhabitants in 4,671 households.
References
Rumeshkhan County
Districts of Lorestan Province
Populated places in Lorestan Province
Populated places in Rumeshkhan County
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