Aghajari
City in Khuzestan province, Iran / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aghajari (Persian: آغاجاری)[lower-alpha 1] is a city in the Central District of Aghajari County, Khuzestan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[4] The language of the people of Aghajari is the same as Masjid Suleiman and Lori Bakhtiari.[5]
Aghajari
Persian: آغاجاری | |
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City | |
Coordinates: 30°42′02″N 49°49′44″E[1] | |
Country | Iran |
Province | Khuzestan |
County | Aghajari |
District | Central |
Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 11,912 |
Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
Because of the Iran-Iraq War, the city's population dropped from 64,102 in 1986 to around 16,337 in the 1991 census and its population continued to drop long after the 1991 census (held 3 years after the end of the Iran-Iraq War).[citation needed]
At the 2006 National Census, its population was 13,152 in 2,943 households, when it was in the former Aghajari District of Behbahan County.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 12,653 people in 3,400 households.[7] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 11,912 people in 3,477 households,[2] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of the new Aghajari County.[4]