Ramshir

For the administrative division of Khuzestan province, see Ramshir County.

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

Ramshir Persian: رامشير
City
Ramshir
Coordinates: 30°53′37″N 49°24′31″E[1]
Country	Iran
Province	Khuzestan
County	Ramshir
District	Central
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	25,009
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 24,782 in 4,604 households.^[5] The following census in 2011 counted 23,008 people in 5,163 households.^[6] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 25,009 people in 6,536 households.^[2]

Notable people

• Ebrahim Matinian, representative of Ramhormoz and Ramshir in the Islamic Consultative Assembly

See also

Iran portal

Notes

1. Also romanized as Rāmshīr; formerly Khalaf Abad, Khalafābād, and Ram Shihr^[3]