Mollasani
city in Khuzestan Province, Iran
Mollasani (Persian: ملاثاني) is a city in the Central District of Bavi County, Khuzestan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. It is also the administrative center for Mollasani Rural District.
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 13,979 in 2,563 households, when it was capital of the former Bavi District of Ahvaz County. The following census in 2011 counted 14,813 people in 3,478 households, by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Bavi County. Mollasani was transferred to the new Central District as the county's capital. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 17,337 people in 4,695 households.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Mollasani” as city in Khuzestan Province, Iran. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as city in Khuzestan Province, Iran. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Nov 14, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q888790. Authority coordinates are 31.585, 48.885. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2006, 2011 and 2016.
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This entry incorporates text from “Mollasani” 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.