Dana County Explained

Dana County
Native Name:Persian: شهرستان دنا
Settlement Type:County
Image Map1:IranKohkiluyehBuyerAhmad-SVG.svg
Map Caption1:Location of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province in Iran
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Sisakht
Parts Type:Districts
Parts Style:para
P1:Central
P2:Pataveh
Population As Of:2016
Population Total:42539
Coordinates:31.0333°N 67°W
Coordinates Footnotes:[1]
Timezone:IRST
Utc Offset:+3:30

Dana County (Persian: شهرستان دنا) is in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, southwest Iran. Its capital is the city of Sisakht.[2]

History

After the 2006 National Census, the village of Pataveh was elevated to the status of a city. After the 2011 census, Kabgian District was separated from the county to join Boyer-Ahmad County.[3]

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 census, the county's population was 52,242 in 11,117 households.[4] The following census in 2011 counted 52,040 people in 12,835 households.[5] The 2016 census measured the population of the county as 42,539 in 11,706 households.[6]

Administrative divisions

Dana County's population history and administrative structure over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.

Dana County Population
Administrative Divisions 2006 2011 2016
Central District 16,498 17,379 17,473
4,905 4,953 4,776
5,251 5,037 4,842
Sisakht (city) 6,342 7,389 7,855
Kabgian District 10,391 8,975
2,297 1,958
8,094 5,599
Chitab (city) 1,418
Pataveh District 25,353 25,686 25,064
14,983 13,145 12,624
10,370 10,227 10,156
Pataveh (city) 2,314 2,284
Total 52,242 52,040 42,539

Geography

Dana County is located in the north of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad provinces and has an area of 1,821 square kilometers. This county is limited to Semirom County in Isfahan province and Lordegan County from the north and Boyer-Ahmad County from the south.

The main water resources of Dana County are: Kabkian river, Khorsan river, Tang Potak river, Diashm river, Korea village, Bahram Beigi and Shebliz rivers, Meymand waterfall, as well as a number of seasonal and permanent waterfalls called Bahram Beigi waterfall, Manj and Dudrak Korea, Nari valley and Tuf Shah is flowing in this city.The important heights of this city are: Dena or Dinar peak with a height of 4409 meters, which is the ninth highest peak in Iran and every year a large number of mountaineers from all over the country and other parts of the world enter the city of Sisakht to conquer it and other neighboring peaks. Other important heights of this city include the heights of Shorum, Siouk Mountain and Siah Kooh.

See also

Notes and References

  1. ((OpenStreetMap contributors)) . Dana County . . 14 August 2023 . 14 August 2023 . fa.
  2. Web site: Creating divisional changes and reforms in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province . fa . Lamtakam . https://web.archive.org/web/20240125150649/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/121108 . Ministry of Interior, Council of Ministers . Habibi . Hassan . 25 January 2024 . 30 November 1379 . 25 January 2024.
  3. Web site: Approval letter regarding the annexation of Kabgian District with its center of the city of Chitab from Dana County to Boyer-Ahmad County . fa . Islamic Council Research Center . https://web.archive.org/web/20210624204147/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/793633 . Ministry of Interior, Council of Ministers . Rahimi . Mohammadreza . 24 June 2021 . 20 May 2013 . 12 August 2023.
  4. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006) . 17 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 25 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110920094811/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/17.xls . Excel . 20 September 2011.
  5. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011) . 17 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . Syracuse University . https://web.archive.org/web/20230119003203/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Kohgiluyeh-and-Buyer-Ahmad.xls . 19 January 2023 . 19 December 2022 . Excel.
  6. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016) . 17 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 19 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211102075451/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_17.xlsx . Excel . 2 November 2021.