Badreh () is a city in the
Central District of
Badreh County
Badreh County (Kurdish:بێری)() is in Ilam province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Badreh.
History
After the 2011 national census, Badreh became a county..
After the 2016 census, Alishervan Rural District was separated from Ilam C ...
,
Ilam province,
Iran
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, serving as capital of both the county and the district.
Demographics
Ethnicity
Approximately 90 percent of the city natively speaks the Bayray dialect of the Elami subgroup of
Southern Kurdish
Southern Kurdish () is one of the dialects of the Kurdish language, spoken predominantly in northeastern Iraq and western Iran. The Southern Kurdish-speaking region spans from Khanaqin in Iraq to Dehloran southward and Asadabad eastward in ...
, while the remaining 10 percent speaks
Northern Luri.
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 3,775 in 868 households,
when it was capital of the former
Badreh District
Badreh District () is a former administrative division of Darreh Shahr County, Ilam province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the we ...
of
Darreh Shahr County
Darreh Shahr County () is in Ilam province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Darrehshahr.
History
Darehshahr County consists of two parts: Central and Majin.
Demographics
language
Population
At the time of the 2006 census, the county ...
. The following census in 2011 counted 4,249 people in 1,104 households.
The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 4,278 people in 1,249 households,
by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Badreh County. Badreh was transferred to the new Central District as the county's capital.
See also
Notes
References
Cities in Ilam province
Populated places in Badreh County
Kurdish settlements in Ilam province
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