Dasht-e Azadegan County

Not to be confused with Dashtestan County, Dashti County, or Dashtiari County.

For other places with a similar name, see Azadegan and Dasht-e Azadegan.

Dasht-e Azadegan County (Persian: شهرستان دشت آزادگان)^[a] is in Khuzestan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Susangerd.^[3]

Dasht-e Azadegan County Persian: شهرستان دشت آزادگان
County
Location of Dasht-e Azadegan County in Khuzestan province (center left, purple)
Location of Khuzestan province in Iran
Coordinates: 31°44′N 48°09′E[1]
Country	Iran
Province	Khuzestan
Capital	Susangerd
Districts	Central, Bostan
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	107,989
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

History

After the 2006 National Census, Hoveyzeh District was separated from the county in the establishment of Hoveyzeh County.^[4] After the 2011 census, the villages of Abu Homeyzeh and Kut-e Seyyed Naim were elevated to city status.^[5]

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 census, the county's population was 126,865 in 22,021 households.^[6] The following census in 2011 counted 99,831 people in 22,306 households.^[7] The 2016 census measured the population of the county as 107,989 in 26,558 households.^[2]

Administrative divisions

Dasht-e Azadegan County's population history and administrative structure over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.

Dasht-e Azadegan County Population

Administrative Divisions	2006[6]	2011[7]	2016[2]
Central District	86,519	89,800	96,336
Allah-o Akbar RD	12,639	14,011	15,707
Howmeh-ye Gharbi RD	6,917	5,718	5,202
Howmeh-ye Sharqi RD	23,372	25,602	13,949
Abu Homeyzeh (city)			5,506
Kut-e Seyyed Naim (city)			4,541
Susangerd (city)	43,591	44,469	51,431
Bostan District	9,596	10,031	11,653
Bostan RD	1,859	2,240	2,671
Saidiyeh RD	423	533	506
Bostan (city)	7,314	7,258	8,476
Hoveyzeh District[b]	30,750
Bani Saleh RD	2,718
Hoveyzeh RD[c]	8,101
Neysan RD	1,699
Hoveyzeh (city)	14,422
Rafi (city)	3,810
Total	126,865	99,831	107,989
RD = Rural District

See also

Media related to Dasht-e Azadegan County at Wikimedia Commons

Notes

1. Dasht-e Azadegan means "plain-free," "plain of free," or more precisely "plain of freedom"
2. Transferred to Hoveyzeh County^[4]
3. Renamed Hoveyzeh-ye Jonubi Rural District^[4]