Nafech

{{Short description|City in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, Iran}}

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|subdivision_name1 = Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari

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|subdivision_name2 = Shahrekord

|subdivision_type3 = District

|subdivision_name3 = Central

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|population_total = 4059

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|timezone = IRST

|utc_offset = +3:30

|coordinates = {{coord|32|25|23|N|50|47|16|E|dim:1km|display=inline,title}}

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Nafech ({{langx|fa|نافچ}}){{efn|Also romanized as Nāfch and Nāfech; also known as Nafeh and Nafej{{GEOnet3|-3076188}}}} is a city in the Central District of Shahrekord County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, Iran, serving as the administrative center for Howmeh Rural District.{{cite report|title=Making changes in the national divisions of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Research Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/117727|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121130083437/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/117727|archive-date=30 November 2012|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Board|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|date=10 September 2012|orig-date=Approved 17 April 1376|id=Proposal 1.4.42.14643; Notification 56142/T17937K|access-date=2 December 2023}} The previous capital of the rural district was the village of Chaleshtar.{{cite report|title=Creation and formation of eight rural districts including villages, farms and places in Shahrekord County under Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Research Center of the Islamic Republic of Iran|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110054|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121128033617/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110054|archive-date=28 November 2012|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Board of Ministers|last=Moussavi|first=Mirhossein|date=9 August 1391|id=Notification 115404T817|orig-date=Approved 2 February 1366|access-date=3 April 2024}}

Demographics

=Ethnicity=

Nafech is populated by Persians.{{Cite web|title=Language distribution: Chahar Mahal va Bakhtiari Province|url=http://iranatlas.net/index.html?module=module.language-distribution.chahar_mahal_va_bakhtiari#|access-date=25 March 2021|website=Iran Atlas}}{{Cite web|last=Anonby|first=Erik|title=Atlas of the Languages of Iran: A working classification|url=http://iranatlas.net/index.html?module=module.classification|access-date=27 March 2021|website=Iran Atlas}}

=Population=

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 3,814 in 903 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 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/14.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920094403/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/14.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}} The following census in 2011 counted 3,975 people in 1,089 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 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/Chahar-Mahal-and-Bakhtiari.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116012310/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Chahar-Mahal-and-Bakhtiari.xls|archive-date=16 January 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}} The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 4,059 people in 1,168 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 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_14.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524080828/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_14.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=24 May 2019}}

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References

Category:Cities in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province

Category:Populated places in Shahr-e Kord County