Somaleh

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Somaleh ({{langx|fa|سماله}}{{efn|Also romanized as Somāleh; also known as Simāleh{{GEOnet3|-3086109|Somaleh}}}} is a city in, and the capital of, Aghili District of Gotvand County, Khuzestan province, Iran.{{cite report|title=Divisional changes and reforms in Khuzestan province|language=fa|website=qavanin.ir|via=Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran|url=https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/108845|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220605105705/https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/108845|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board|last=Aref|first=Mohammad Reza|archive-date=5 June 2022|date=c. 2022|orig-date=Approved 27 February 1384|id=Proposal 122055/42/1; Letter 58538/T26118H|access-date=9 August 2023}} It also serves as the administrative center for Aghili-ye Shomali Rural District.{{cite report|title=Creation and formation of five rural districts including villages, farms and places located in Shushtar County under Khuzestan province|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Islamic Council Research Center|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110094|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801085248/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110094|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Board of Ministers|last=Mousavi|first=Mirhossein|archive-date=1 August 2021|date=c. 2021|orig-date=Approved 2 February 1366|id=Proposal 53.1.11519; Notification 111062/T292|access-date=25 January 2024}}{{efn|Formerly Aghili Rural District}}

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At the time of the 2006 National Census, Somaleh's population was 1,430 in 298 households, when it was a village in Aghili-ye Shomali Rural District.{{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 1,606 people in 388 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}} by which time the village had been elevated to the status of a city.{{cite report|title=The Law on Definitions and Rules of National Divisions|language=fa|via=qavanin.ir/Law/RelatedIndex/?IDS=4423754361433267298 (Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran)|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board|quote=Recognition of the village of Somaleh from the functions of Gotvand County in Khuzestan province as the city of Somaleh, 2010/04/02. 499, Recognition of the village of Gazik village from the functions of Darmian County in South Khorasan province as the city of Gazik, 04/02/1389. 500, recognition of Guriyeh village from Shushtar County in Khuzestan province as Guriyeh city, 04/02/1389. 501, The recognition of Meydavud-e Sofla, the center of Meydavud District, from the functions of Bagh-e Malek County in Khuzestan province, as Meydavud city. Approved on 04/02/1389...|date=4 February 1389}} The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 1,784 people in 438 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}}

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Category:Cities in Khuzestan province

Category:Populated places in Gotvand County

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