Selseleh County () is in

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province,

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. Its capital is the city of Aleshtar.

Demographics

Ethnicity

The county is populated by

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Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the county's population was 73,819 in 15,531 households. The following census in 2011 counted 73,154 people in 18,231 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the county as 75,559 in 21,140 households.

Administrative divisions

Selseleh County's population history and administrative structure over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.

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