Bavi County
{{Short description|County in Khuzestan province, Iran}}
{{distinguish|Bavanat County}}{{for|other uses of a similar name|Bavi (disambiguation){{!}}Bavi}}
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|native_name = {{langx|fa|شهرستان باوی}}
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|subdivision_type = Country
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|seat_type = Capital
|seat = Mollasani
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Bavi County ({{langx|fa|شهرستان باوی}}) is in Khuzestan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Mollasani.{{cite news|title=Four cities and two new counties will be created; with 20 changes in the map of national divisions|language=fa|website=dolat.ir|via=Secretariat of the Government Information Council|url=https://dolat.ir/detail/190139|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326081635/https://dolat.ir/detail/190139|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political and Defense Commission|archive-date=26 March 2017|date=19 June 2010|access-date=9 November 2023}}
History
After the National Census of 2006, Bavi District was separated from Ahvaz County in the establishment of Bavi County, which was divided into two districts of two rural districts each, with Mollasani as its capital.
Demographics
=Population=
The census in 2011 counted 89,160 people in 21,308 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Khuzestan 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/Khuzestan.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230118191739/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Khuzestan.xls|archive-date=18 January 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}} The 2016 census measured the population of the county as 96,484 in 25,597 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Khuzestan 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_06.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021081917/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_06.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=21 October 2020}}
=Administrative divisions=
Bavi County's population history and administrative structure over two consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.
| class="wikitable"
|+ Bavi County Population | ||
| Administrative Divisions | 2011 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Central District | style="text-align: right;"| 32,468 | style="text-align: right;"| 33,802 |
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | Anaqcheh RD | style="text-align: right;"| 9,005 | style="text-align: right;"| 10,321 |
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | Mollasani RD | style="text-align: right;"| 8,650 | style="text-align: right;"| 6,144 |
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | Mollasani (city) | style="text-align: right;"| 14,813 | style="text-align: right;"| 17,337 |
| Veys District | style="text-align: right;"| 56,692 | style="text-align: right;"| 62,681 |
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | Veys RD | style="text-align: right;"| 2,478 | style="text-align: right;"| 2,318 |
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | Zargan RD | style="text-align: right;"| 14,141 | style="text-align: right;"| 8,677 |
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | Sheyban (city) | style="text-align: right;"| 24,968 | style="text-align: right;"| 36,374 |
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | Veys (city) | style="text-align: right;"| 15,105 | style="text-align: right;"| 15,312 |
| Total | style="text-align: right;"| 89,160 | style="text-align: right;"| 96,484 |
| colspan=3 | {{small|RD {{=}} Rural District}} |
See also
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{{Bavi County|state=collapsed}}