Dowreh County

Dowreh County

شهرستان چگنی
Dowreh County شهرستان چگنی
County
	Location of Dowreh County in Lorestan province (left, green)
	Location of Lorestan province in Iran
	Coordinates: 33°36′N 47°56′E
Country	Iran
Province	Lorestan
Capital	Sarab-e Dowreh
Districts	Chgeni, Shahivand, Veysian
Population (2016)
• Total	41,756
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+4:30 (IRDT)

Dowreh County or Chegeni County (Persian: شهرستان چگنی)[1] is in Lorestan province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Sarab-e Dowreh. At the 2006 census, the county's population (as Dowreh-e Chegeni District and Veysian District of Khorramabad County) was 44,146 in 9,722 households.[2] The following census in 2011 counted 43,221 people in 10,819 households, by which time those districts had been separated from the county to form Dowreh County.[3] At the 2016 census, the county's population was 41,756 in 11,948 households.[4]

Administrative divisions

The population history and structural changes of Dowreh County's administrative divisions over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table. The latest census shows three districts, six rural districts, and two cities.[4]

Dowreh County Population¹
Administrative Divisions	2006[2]	2011[3]	2016[4]
Chegeni District²	31,117	16,190	15,624
Dowreh Rural District	9,208	9,444	8,907
Kashkan Rural District	10,294
Teshkan Rural District	10,303	5,231	5,004
Sarab-e Dowreh (city)	1,312	1,515	1,713
Shahivand District	13,029	14,824	14,851
Kashkan-e Jonubi Rural District		6,496	6,379
Kashkan-e Shomali Rural District		8,328	8,472
Veysian District	13,029	12,198	11,281
Shurab Rural District	5,081	4,413	4,251
Veysian Rural District	6,131	5,797	4,943
Veysian (city)	1,817	1,988	2,087
Total	44,146	43,221	41,756
¹As a part of Khorramabad County at the 2006 census ²Formerly Dowreh-e Chegeni District

References

"تاريخچه شهرستان - موقعيت جغرافيايي شهرستان چگني" [History of city - Geographical location Chegeni County:] (in Persian). Lorestan province. Archived from the original on 29 September 2015.
"Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 15. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
"Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)" (Excel). Iran Data Portal (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 15. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
"Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 15. Archived from the original (Excel) on 12 October 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.

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[Hist-1] "تاريخچه شهرستان - موقعيت جغرافيايي شهرستان چگني" [History of city - Geographical location Chegeni County:] (in Persian). Lorestan province. Archived from the original on 29 September 2015.

[2006_census-2] "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 15. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.

[2011_census-3] "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)" (Excel). Iran Data Portal (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 15. Retrieved 19 December 2022.

[2016_census-4] "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 15. Archived from the original (Excel) on 12 October 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.