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Dasht-e Azadegan County

{{Short description|County in Khuzestan province, Iran}}

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|name = Dasht-e Azadegan County

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|native_name = {{langx|fa|شهرستان دشت آزادگان}}

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|seat = Susangerd

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Dasht-e Azadegan County ({{langx|fa|شهرستان دشت آزادگان}}){{efn|Dasht-e Azadegan means "plain-free," "plain of free," or more precisely "plain of freedom"}} is in Khuzestan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Susangerd.{{cite report|title=Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of Khuzestan province, centered in the city of Ahvaz|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Islamic Parliament Research Center|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/113029|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140717093724/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/113029|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political and Defense Commission of the Government Board|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|archive-date=17 July 2014|date=26 July 2014|orig-date=Approved 21 June 1369|id=Proposal 3233.1.5.53; Letter 907-93808; Notification 82830/T126K|access-date=25 January 2024}}

History

After the 2006 National Census, Hoveyzeh District was separated from the county in the establishment of Hoveyzeh County.{{cite report|title=Reforms of national divisions in Khuzestan province, Hoveyzeh County|language=fa|website=qavanin.ir|via=Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran|url=https://qavanin.ir/Law/PrintText/119321|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230801135042/https://qavanin.ir/Law/PrintText/119321|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political and Defense Commission of the Government Board|last=Davodi|first=Parviz|archive-date=1 August 2023|date=c. 2023|orig-date=Approved 29 July 1386|id=Proposal 40005/42/4/1; Letter 58538/T26118H|access-date=1 August 2023}} After the 2011 census, the villages of Abu Homeyzeh and Kut-e Seyyed Naim were elevated to city status.{{cite report|title=Approval letter regarding national divisions in Khuzestan province|language=fa|website=rrk.ir|url=https://rrk.ir/Files/Laws/تصويب%E2%80%8Cنامه%20در%20خصوص%20تقسيمات%20كشوري.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231104172522/https://rrk.ir/Files/Laws/تصويب%E2%80%8Cنامه%20در%20خصوص%20تقسيمات%20كشوري.pdf|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political and Defense Commission|last=Rahimi|first=Mohammadreza|date=15 January 2013|archive-date=4 November 2023|access-date=4 November 2023|orig-date=Approved 19 July 1391|id=Resolution 158802/T38854AH; Notification 205939/T45312H}}

Demographics

=Population=

At the time of the 2006 census, the county's population was 126,865 in 22,021 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Khuzestan 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/06.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920093911/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/06.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}} The following census in 2011 counted 99,831 people in 22,306 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 107,989 in 26,558 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=

Dasht-e Azadegan County's population history and administrative structure over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.

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|+ Dasht-e Azadegan County Population

Administrative Divisions200620112016
Central Districtstyle="text-align: right;"| 86,519style="text-align: right;"| 89,800style="text-align: right;"| 96,336
style="padding-left: 1em;" | Allah-o Akbar RDstyle="text-align: right;"| 12,639style="text-align: right;"| 14,011style="text-align: right;"| 15,707
style="padding-left: 1em;" | Howmeh-ye Gharbi RDstyle="text-align: right;"| 6,917style="text-align: right;"| 5,718style="text-align: right;"| 5,202
style="padding-left: 1em;" | Howmeh-ye Sharqi RDstyle="text-align: right;"| 23,372style="text-align: right;"| 25,602style="text-align: right;"| 13,949
style="padding-left: 1em;" | Abu Homeyzeh (city)style="text-align: right;"|style="text-align: right;"|style="text-align: right;"| 5,506
style="padding-left: 1em;" | Kut-e Seyyed Naim (city)style="text-align: right;"|style="text-align: right;"|style="text-align: right;"| 4,541
style="padding-left: 1em;" | Susangerd (city)style="text-align: right;"| 43,591style="text-align: right;"| 44,469style="text-align: right;"| 51,431
Bostan Districtstyle="text-align: right;"| 9,596style="text-align: right;"| 10,031style="text-align: right;"| 11,653
style="padding-left: 1em;" | Bostan RDstyle="text-align: right;"| 1,859style="text-align: right;"| 2,240style="text-align: right;"| 2,671
style="padding-left: 1em;" | Saidiyeh RDstyle="text-align: right;"| 423style="text-align: right;"| 533style="text-align: right;"| 506
style="padding-left: 1em;" | Bostan (city)style="text-align: right;"| 7,314style="text-align: right;"| 7,258style="text-align: right;"| 8,476
Hoveyzeh District{{efn|Transferred to Hoveyzeh County}}style="text-align: right;"| 30,750style="text-align: right;"|style="text-align: right;"|
style="padding-left: 1em;" | Bani Saleh RDstyle="text-align: right;"| 2,718style="text-align: right;"|style="text-align: right;"|
style="padding-left: 1em;" | Hoveyzeh RD{{efn|Renamed Hoveyzeh-ye Jonubi Rural District}}style="text-align: right;"| 8,101style="text-align: right;"|style="text-align: right;"|
style="padding-left: 1em;" | Neysan RDstyle="text-align: right;"| 1,699style="text-align: right;"|style="text-align: right;"|
style="padding-left: 1em;" | Hoveyzeh (city)style="text-align: right;"| 14,422style="text-align: right;"|style="text-align: right;"|
style="padding-left: 1em;" | Rafi (city)style="text-align: right;"| 3,810style="text-align: right;"|style="text-align: right;"|
Totalstyle="text-align: right;"| 126,865style="text-align: right;"| 99,831style="text-align: right;"| 107,989
colspan=4 | {{small|RD {{=}} Rural District}}

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