Babaheydar

For the administrative division, see Babaheydar District.

Babaheydar (Persian: باباحيدر)^[a] is a city in, and the capital of, Babaheydar District in Farsan County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, Iran.^[5] It served as the administrative center for Mizdej-e Olya Rural District^[6] until transferred to the city of Gujan.^[5]

Babaheydar Persian: باباحيدر
City
Babaheydar
Coordinates: 32°19′42″N 50°28′16″E[1]
Country	Iran
Province	Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari
County	Farsan
District	Babaheydar
Established as a city	1991[2]
Population  (2016)[3]
• Total	11,202
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Demographics

Ethnicity

The city is populated by Lurs.^[7]

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 10,922 in 2,245 households, when it was in the Central District.^[8] The following census in 2011 counted 11,099 people in 2,897 households.^[9] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 11,202 people in 3,276 households,^[3] by which time it had been transferred to Babaheydar District.^[5]

See also

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Notes

1. Also romanized as Bāba Haīdar and Bābā Ḩeydar^[4]