Dehgolan

For the administrative division of Kurdistan province, see Dehgolan County. For the village in Hamadan province, see Deh Golan.

Dehgolan (Persian: دهگلان)^[a] is a city in the Central District of Dehgolan County, Kurdistan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.^[4]

Dehgolan Persian: دهگلان Kurdish: دێولان
City
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Coordinates: 35°16′40″N 47°25′03″E[1]
Country	Iran
Province	Kurdistan
County	Dehgolan
District	Central
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	25,992
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)
Area code	[phone]
Website	dehgolan.com

Demographics

Ethnicity

The city is populated by Kurds.^[5]

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 20,226 in 4,920 households, when it was in the former Yeylaq District of Qorveh County.^[6] The following census in 2011 counted 23,074 people in 6,271 households,^[7] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Dehgolan County. Dehgolan was transferred to the new Central District as the county's capital.^[4] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 25,992 people in 7,708 households.^[2]

See also

Iran portal

Notes

1. Kurdish: دێولان, also romanized as Dehgolān; also known as Deolan and Dewlan^[3]