Kaj, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari

For other places with the same name, see Kaj.

Kaj (Persian: كاج)^[a] is a city in the Central District of Ardal County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, Iran.

Kaj Persian: كاج
City
Kaj
Coordinates: 32°03′29″N 50°34′56″E[1]
Country	Iran
Province	Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari
County	Ardal
District	Central
Established as a city	2013[2]
Population  (2016)[3]
• Total	4,227
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Demographics

Ethnicity

The city is populated by Lurs.^[5]

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, Kaj's population was 3,774 in 800 households, when it was a village in Poshtkuh Rural District.^[6] The following census in 2011 counted 4,027 people in 982 households.^[7] The 2016 census measured the population as 4,227 people in 1,167 households,^[3] by which time Kaj had been elevated to the status of a city.^[2]

See also

Iran portal

Notes

1. Also romanized as Kāj; also known as Gāch Kaj and Qāch Kaj^[4]