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Central District (Malekshahi County)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 17, 2026
Entity authorityQ5060884 ↗
Source-derived summary

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

History

In 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.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2011 National Census, the district's population was 16,144 people in 4,043 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the district as 15,374 inhabitants in 4,453 households.

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Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2008, 2011, 2016—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Central, District and Malekshahi is the immediate research focus.
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This entry incorporates text from “Central District (Malekshahi County)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.