Darkhoveyn

For the administrative divisions, see Darkhoveyn District and Darkhoveyn Rural District. For the nuclear facility, see Darkhoveyn Nuclear Facility.

Darkhoveyn (Persian: دارخوين)^[a] is a city in, and the capital of, Darkhoveyn District of Shadegan County, Khuzestan province, Iran.^[5] It also serves as the administrative center for Darkhoveyn Rural District.^[6] The city is the site of a nuclear facility.

Darkhoveyn Persian: دارخوين
City
Darkhoveyn
Coordinates: 30°44′42″N 48°25′48″E[1]
Country	Iran
Province	Khuzestan
County	Shadegan
District	Darkhoveyn
Established as a municipality	2007[2]
Population  (2016)[3]
• Total	5,655
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, Darkhoveyn's population was 2,766 in 523 households, when it was a village in Darkhoveyn Rural District of the Central District.^[7] The following census in 2011 counted 5,759 people in 1,338 households,^[8] by which time the village had merged with the villages of Shakht ol Khan and Yukhan to form the city of Darkhoveyn.^[2] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 5,655 people in 1,458 households,^[3] when the city and rural district had been separated from the district in the formation of Darkhoveyn District.^[5]

See also

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Notes

1. Also romanized as Dārkhoveyn, Dārkhovīn, Darkhwin, and Dārxoweyn; also known as Dār Khūyeh, Daurat al Qaiwain, Dorquain, and Kūt ol ‘Abīd^[4]