Ben () is a city in the Central District of Ben County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province,

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, serving as capital of both the county and the district.

Demographics

The city is populated by

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with a small

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minority.

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 11,699 in 3,141 households, when it was in the former Ben District of Shahrekord County. The following census in 2011 counted 11,775 people in 3,534 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 12,971 people in 4,049 households, by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Ben County. Ben was transferred to the new Central District as the county's capital.

Climate

Notable people

* Habib Esfahani

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