Dehloran

{{about||the administrative division of Ilam province|Dehloran County|the village in Khuzestan province|Dehloran, Khuzestan{{!}}Dehloran}}

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| settlement_type = City

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| subdivision_type = Country

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| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Ilam

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Dehloran

| subdivision_type3 = District

| subdivision_name3 = Central

| leader_title = Governor

| leader_name = Latif Sadeghi

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| population_as_of = 2016

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| population_total = 32941

| population_density_km2 = auto

| timezone = IRST

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| coordinates = {{coord|32|41|21|N|47|16|08|E|dim:1km|display=inline,title}}

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| other_name = دیلران

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Dehloran ({{langx|fa|دهلران}}){{efn|Also romanized as Dehlorān{{GEOnet3|-3060644}}}} is a city in the Central District of Dehloran County, Ilam province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county{{cite web|title=Where is Dehloran?|language=fa|website=delgarm.com|url=https://www.delgarm.com/where-is-dehloran.a239954|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918022541/https://www.delgarm.com/where-is-dehloran.a239954|archive-date=18 September 2021|date=18 September 2021|access-date=22 November 2024}} and of the district.

Demographics

=Language and ethnicity=

The city is populated by Kurds and Lurs.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Language distribution: Ilam Province: Dēlıṛān, Dēlıṛo|url=http://iranatlas.net/index.html?module=module.language-distribution.ilam#eyJ0IjoieCIsImkiOiI5MTIyOTFmNDM3Yjg4NzkxNThkOTQ2ZTNhNjQ1Y2E5NiIsInMiOjE2MzUxNzI4MTE4OTh9|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114091241/http://iranatlas.net/index.html?module=module.language-distribution.ilam |archive-date=2021-01-14 |access-date=|website=Iran Atlas}}

=Population=

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 27,602 in 5,787 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Ilam 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/16.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920094337/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/16.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}} The following census in 2011 counted 30,989 people in 7,623 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Ilam 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/Ilam.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117202401/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Ilam.xls|archive-date=17 January 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}} The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 32,941 people in 9,204 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Ilam 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_16.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101180736/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_16.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=1 November 2020}}

Geography

=Location=

The city lies along Road 64, near the Iraqi border. A national natural monument lies in the north-eastern part of the city. Dehloran is located in the northern part of Dehloran Plain.

= Dehloran plain =

The ancient site of Chogha Sefid is just to the west of the village. Culturally, the plain is known as a part of "Greater Susiana."

Dehloran Plain in the south of Ilam province, along with the Susiana Plain in Khuzestan to the southwest, has been the subject of the longest and most extensive archaeological research in Iran. These two areas had been culturally very similar during the Chalcolithic age. The important sites on Dehloran Plain are Ali Kosh, Chogha Sefid, and Tepe Sabz.

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References

Category:Populated places in Dehloran County

Category:Cities in Ilam province

Category:Kurdish settlements in Ilam province

Category:Luri settlements in Ilam province