Mehr, Ilam Explained

Mehr
Native Name:Persian: مهر
Native Name Lang:fa
Settlement Type:City
Pushpin Map:Iran#Ilam Iran
Coordinates Footnotes:[1]
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Iran
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Ilam
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Malekshahi
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Gachi
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2016
Population Total:1060
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:IRST
Utc Offset:+3:30

Mehr (Persian: مهر) is a city in, and the capital of, Gachi District of Malekshahi County, Ilam province, Iran.[2]

Demographics

Ethnicity

The city is populated by Kurds.[3]

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, Mehr's population was 1,238 in 262 households, when it was a village in Gachi Rural District of the former Malekshahi District of Mehran County.[4] The following census in 2011 counted 1,198 people in 319 households,[5] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Malekshahi County. The rural district was transferred to the new Gachi District.[2] The 2016 census measured the population as 1,060 people in 301 households,[6] when the village of Mehr had been elevated to the status of a city.[7]

See also

Notes and References

  1. ((OpenStreetMap contributors)) . Mehr, Malekshahi County . . 7 June 2023 . 7 June 2023 . fa.
  2. Web site: Arkavaz city is separated from Gachi Rural District of Malekshahi District of Mehran County and joins Chamzey Rural District of the same district . fa . DOLAT . https://web.archive.org/web/20230607161032/https://dolat.ir/detail/172475/چهار-تغيير-در-تقسيمات-کشوري-استان-ايلام . 7 June 2023 . Ministry of Interior, Cabinet of Ministers . Davodi . Parviz . 12 November 2008 . 7 June 2023.
  3. Web site: Language distribution: Ilam Province. 24 March 2021. Iran Atlas.
  4. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006) . 16 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 25 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110920094337/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/16.xls . Excel . 20 September 2011.
  5. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011) . 16 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . Syracuse University . https://web.archive.org/web/20230117202401/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Ilam.xls . 17 January 2023 . 19 December 2022 . Excel.
  6. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016) . 16 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 19 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201101180736/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_16.xlsx . Excel . 1 November 2020.
  7. Web site: With five changes in the map of country divisions: Shahr Mehr was added to the country's geography map . fa . Dolat . https://web.archive.org/web/20170420235317/https://dolat.ir/detail/199317 . Ministry of Interior, Political and Defense Commission . 20 April 2017 . 8 February 2024.