Chelu District () is in

Andika County Andika County () is in Khuzestan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Qaleh-ye Khvajeh. History After the 2006 National Census, Andika District was separated from Masjed Soleyman County in the establishment of Andika County, which wa ...

Khuzestan Khuzestan province () is one of the 31 Provinces of Iran. Located in the southwest of the country, the province borders Iraq and the Persian Gulf, covering an area of . Its capital is the city of Ahvaz. Since 2014, it has been part of Iran's ...

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

. Its capital is the village of

Zabut Zavut () is a city in, and the capital of, Chelu District, Andika County, Khuzestan province, Iran. It also serves as the administrative center for Chelu Rural District. Demographics Population At the time of the 2006 National Census, Zavut ...

History

After the National Census in 2006,

Andika District Andika District () is a former administrative division of Masjed Soleyman County, Khuzestan province, Iran. Its capital was the city of Qaleh-ye Khvajeh. History After the 2006 National Census, the district was separated from the county in ...

was separated from

Masjed Soleyman County Masjed Soleyman County () is in Khuzestan province, Khuzestan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Masjed Soleyman. History After the 2006 National Census, Andika District was separated from the county in the establishment of Andika C ...

in the establishment of Andika County, which was divided into three districts of two districts each, with

Qaleh-ye Khvajeh Qaleh-ye Khvajeh () is a city in the Central District of Andika County, Khuzestan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. It is also the administrative center for Qaleh-ye Khvajeh Rural District. Demograph ...

as its capital and only city at the time. After the 2016 census, the village of

Zavut Zavut () is a city in, and the capital of, Chelu District, Andika County, Khuzestan province, Iran. It also serves as the administrative center for Chelu Rural District. Demographics Population At the time of the 2006 National Census, Zavut' ...

was elevated to the status of a city.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2011 census, the district's population was 10,625 people in 2,018 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the district as 10,945 inhabitants in 2,420 households.

Administrative divisions

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