Alk, Iran

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Alk ({{langx|fa|الك}}){{efn|Also romanized as Alak and Alek{{GEOnet3|-3052328|Alk}}}} is a village in Shahu Rural District of the Central District of Kamyaran County, Kurdistan province, Iran.

Demographics

=Ethnicity=

The village is populated by Kurds.{{Cite web|date=2015|title=Language distribution: Kordestan Province|url=http://iranatlas.net/index.html?module=module.language-distribution.kordestan#|url-status=live|access-date=22 March 2021|website=Iran Atlas|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204171130/http://iranatlas.net/index.html?module=module.language-distribution.kordestan |archive-date=2017-12-04 }}

=Population=

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 1,206 in 280 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Kurdistan Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/12.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920092008/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/12.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}} The following census in 2011 counted 1,340 people in 359 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Kurdistan Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=irandataportal.syr.edu|via=Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University|url=https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Kurdistan.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230119120701/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Kurdistan.xls|archive-date=19 January 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}} The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 1,303 people in 380 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Kurdistan Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_12.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220508185635/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_12.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=8 May 2022}}

Notes

References

Category:Populated places in Kamyaran County

Category:Kurdish settlements in Kurdistan province