Chaf and Chamkhaleh () is a city in the Central District of

Langarud County Langarud County () is in the northwestern Iranian province of Gilan. Its capital is the city of Langarud Langarud () is a city in the Central District of Langarud County, Gilan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county ...

Gilan Gilan Province () is one of the 31 provinces of Iran, in the northwest of the country and southwest of the Caspian Sea. Its capital is the city of Rasht. The province lies along the Caspian Sea, in Iran's Region 3, west of the province of ...

province of northwestern

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 west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

, serving as the administrative center for

Chaf Rural District Chaf Rural District () is in the Central District of Langarud County, Gilan 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 west, Turk ...

. The city is located on the

Caspian Sea The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, described as the List of lakes by area, world's largest lake and usually referred to as a full-fledged sea. An endorheic basin, it lies between Europe and Asia: east of the Caucasus, ...

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the population was 2,909 in 866 households, when it was the village of Chaf-e Pain in

. In 2009, Chaf-e Pain village merged with the villages of Chaf-e Bala,

Chamkhaleh Chamkhaleh () is a neighborhood in the city of Chaf and Chamkhaleh in the Central District of Langarud County, Gilan province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in We ...

, Galesh Kolam, Hoseynabad-e Chaf, Kamal ol Din Poshteh, Mian Mahalleh-ye Pap Kiadeh, Pain Pap Kiadeh, Palat Kaleh, Pir Poshteh, Radar Kumeh, Soltan Moradi, Tappeh, and Tazehabad-e Chaf. Chaf-e Pain was elevated to city status as Chaf and Chamkhaleh. The following census in 2011 counted 4,494 people in 1,436 households, The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 8,840 people in 3,137 households.

Gallery

File:Experience Alley Chaf and Chamkhaleh.jpg, Road sign: "Experience Chaf and Chamkhale" File:Chamkhaleh_Bridge.jpg, Chamkhaleh Bridge File:Chamkhaleh_River1.jpg, Chamkhaleh River

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References

Cities in Gilan province Populated places in Langarud County Populated coastal places in Iran Populated places on the Caspian Sea Port cities and towns in Iran Populated places established in 2006 2006 establishments in Iran {{Langarud-geo-stub