Veys

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Veys ({{langx|fa|ويس}}){{efn|Also romanized as Vais and Wais{{GEOnet3|-3088341}}}} is a city in, and the capital of, Veys District of Bavi County, Khuzestan province, Iran.{{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}} It also serves as the administrative center for Veys Rural District.{{cite report|title=Creation and establishment of 11 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Ahvaz County under Khuzestan province|language=fa|website=qavanin.ir|via=Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran|url=https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/131136|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220507141737/https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/131136|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Board of Ministers|last=Mousavi|first=Mirhossein|archive-date=7 May 2022|date=c. 2022|orig-date=Approved 2 February 1366|id=Proposal 53/5/1/11517|access-date=25 July 2023}}

Demographics

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At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 14,024 in 2,478 households, when it was in the former Bavi District of Ahvaz County).{{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 15,105 people in 3,919 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 district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Bavi County. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 15,312 people in 4,064 households. Veys was transferred to the new Veys District.{{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 Bavi County

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