Malekshahi County

Malekshahi County (Persian: شهرستان ملکشاهی) is in Ilam province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Arkavaz.

For the village in Kermanshah province, see Seh Chekan-e Meleh Shahi.

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[1]
CountryIran
ProvinceIlam
CapitalArkavaz
DistrictsCentral, Gachi
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total21,138
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

At the 2006 census, the region's population (as Malekshahi District of Mehran County) was 31,393 in 5,722 households.[3] The following census in 2011 counted 22,587 people in 5,626 households,[4] by which time the district had been separated from the county to form Malekshahi County.[5] At the 2016 census, the county's population was 21,138 in 6,022 households.[2] The Malekshahi tribe is the largest Kurdish tribe in Ilam.

The name in Persian (ملگشاهی) is from the old name, Melkishi, a Kurdish [6] 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.[7][8][9][10][11][12][13]

Administrative divisions

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

Malekshahi County Population1
Administrative Divisions2006[3]2011[4]2016[2]
Central District31,39316,14415,374
Chamzey Rural District3,1522,9572,722
Gachi Rural District13,067
Shuhan Rural District949829675
Arkavaz (city)14,22512,35811,977
Gachi District6,2985,609
Gachi Rural District2,011520
Kabir Kuh Rural District2,0862,210
Delgosha (city)2,2011,819
Mehr (city)1,060
Total31,39322,58721,138
1As a part of Mehran County at the 2006 census
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References
  1. OpenStreetMap contributors (7 June 2023). "Malekshahi County" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  2. "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. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 16. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  4. "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. Davodi, Parviz (22 November 2007). "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.
  6. Pastoralists at the Periphery: Herders in a Capitalist World, Claudia Chang and Harold A. Koster 1965
  7. "Kurdish language". britannica.com.
  8. 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.
  9. I. Kamandar Fattah, Les Dialectes kurdes méridionaux: étude linguistique et dialectologique. Louvain, Peeters, 2000, p. 30-31
  10. G. Windfuhr, The iranian Languages, Routledge, 2009, P. 587
  11. Rüdiger Schmitt: Die iranischen Sprachen in Gegenwart und Geschichte. Wiesbaden (Reichert) 2000, P.77,
  12. "Browse by Language Family". ethnologue.com.
  13. "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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