Filabad Explained
| Official Name: | Filabad |
| Native Name: | fa|فيل اباد |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Pushpin Map: | Iran |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Iran |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Farsan |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Babaheydar |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Total: | 4656 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | IRST |
| Utc Offset: | +3:30 |
| Coordinates: | 32.3022°N 50.4981°W |
| Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
Filabad (fa|فيل اباد) is a city in Babaheydar District of Farsan County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, Iran. As a village, it was the capital of Sarab-e Sofla Rural District[2] until the capital was transferred to the village of Isaabad.[3]
Demographics
Ethnicity
The city is populated by Lurs.[4]
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, Filabad's population was 4,713 in 1,032 households, when it was a village in Mizdej-e Olya Rural District of the Central District.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 5,224 people in 1,408 households,[6] by which time some villages of the district had been separated from it in the establishment of Babaheydar District. Filabad was transferred to Sarab-e Sofla Rural District created in the new district.[2] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 4,656 people in 1,401 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.[7]
Filabad was elevated to the status of a city in 2019.[3]
See also
Notes and References
- ((OpenStreetMap contributors)). Filabad, Farsan County. openstreetmap.org (OpenStreetMap). 29 August 2024. 29 August 2024. fa.
- News: Arzuiyeh County was added to the map of national divisions, with some changes in the geography of the country. fa. dolat.ir. Secretariat of the Government Information Council. https://web.archive.org/web/20180827234657/https://dolat.ir/detail/200189. Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers. Rahimi. Mohammad Reza. 27 August 2018. 6 September 2017. Approved 9 April 2011. 24 June 2023.
- News: Deputy Governor of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari: Filabad, Farsan County, became a city. fa. ostan-chb.ir. Public Relations of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Governorate. https://web.archive.org/web/20230401180715/https://ostan-chb.ir/news/31609. 1 April 2023. Ministry of the Interior. Heydari. Gholam Ali. 9 December 2017. 1 April 2023.
- Web site: Language distribution: Chahar Mahal va Bakhtiari Province. 25 March 2021. Iran Atlas.
- Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province. fa. The Statistical Center of Iran. amar.org.ir. 25 September 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20110920094403/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/14.xls. Excel. 20 September 2011.
- Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province. fa. The Statistical Center of Iran. irandataportal.syr.edu. Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University. https://web.archive.org/web/20230116012310/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Chahar-Mahal-and-Bakhtiari.xls. 16 January 2023. 19 December 2022. Excel.
- Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province. fa. The Statistical Center of Iran. amar.org.ir. 19 December 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20190524080828/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_14.xlsx. Excel. 24 May 2019.
