Malekshahi County
Persian: شهرستان ملکشاهی
County
Location of Malekshahi County in Ilam province (center, pink)
Location of Malekshahi County in Ilam province (center, pink)
Location of Ilam province in Iran
Location of Ilam province in Iran
Coordinates: 33°18′N 46°35′E / 33.300°N 46.583°E / 33.300; 46.583[1]
Country Iran
ProvinceIlam
CapitalArkavaz
DistrictsCentral, Gachi
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total21,138
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Malekshahi County (Persian: شهرستان ملکشاهی) is in Ilam province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Arkavaz.[3] The Malekshahi tribe is the largest Kurdish tribe in Ilam.

In November 2008, Malekshahi District was separated from Mehran County in the establishment of Malekshahi County, which was divided into two districts of two rural districts each, with Arkavaz as its capital.[3]

The National Census in 2011 counted 22,587 people in 5,626 households.[4] At the 2016 census, the county's population was 21,138 in 6,022 households.[2]

The name in Persian (ملگشاهی) is from the old name, Melkishi, a Kurdish [5] tribe spread from Ilam to Ardahan province in Turkey. There is a Georgian counterpart to this tribe, namely the Melikishvili. The Malekshahi of the largest tribes in Iran, Iraq and Turkey. Melikshahi Kurdish language and dialect is Malekshahi.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12]

Administrative divisions

The population history and structural changes of Malekshahi County's administrative divisions over two consecutive censuses are shown in the following table. The latest census shows two districts, four rural districts, and three cities.[2]

Malekshahi County Population
Administrative Divisions2011[4]2016[2]
Central District16,14415,374
Chamzey RD2,9572,722
Shuhan RD829675
Arkavaz (city)12,35811,977
Gachi District6,2985,609
Gachi RD2,011520
Kabir Kuh RD2,0862,210
Delgosha (city)2,2011,819
Mehr (city)1,060
Total22,58721,138
RD: Rural District
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References

  1. ↑ OpenStreetMap contributors (7 June 2023). "Malekshahi County" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 16. Archived from the original (Excel) on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. 1 2 Davodi, Parviz (12 November 2008). "Arkavaz city is separated from Gachi Rural District of Malekshahi District of Mehran County and joins Chamzey Rural District of the same district". DOLAT (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Cabinet of Ministers. Archived from the original on 7 June 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)" (Excel). Iran Data Portal (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 16. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  5. ↑ Pastoralists at the Periphery: Herders in a Capitalist World, Claudia Chang and Harold A. Koster 1965
  6. ↑ "Kurdish language". britannica.com.
  7. ↑ Alireza Asadi. "عنوان فرهنگ تطبیقی گویش کردی ایلامی با زبان ایرانی میانه (پهلوی اشکانی و پهلوی ساسانی) به انضمام تاریخ و زبان استان ایلام قبل از اسلام ناشر بانک کتاب مرکزی ایلام: انتشارات جوهر حیات، ۱۳۹۰، صص۶۱–۶۲)". نبانک کتاب مرکزی ایلام: انتشارات جوهر حیات، ۱۳۹۰، صص۶۱–۶۲۵ آگوست ۲۰۱. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  8. ↑ I. Kamandar Fattah, Les Dialectes kurdes méridionaux: étude linguistique et dialectologique. Louvain, Peeters, 2000, p. 30-31
  9. ↑ G. Windfuhr, The iranian Languages, Routledge, 2009, P. 587
  10. ↑ Rüdiger Schmitt: Die iranischen Sprachen in Gegenwart und Geschichte. Wiesbaden (Reichert) 2000, P.77,
  11. ↑ "Browse by Language Family". ethnologue.com.
  12. ↑ "زبانها و گویش‌های ایران. منبع: کتاب تاریخ زبان فارسی نویسنده: دکتر پرویز ناتل خانلری". sepehrmag.ir. Archived from the original on 19 May 2009. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
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