Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province

Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province () is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. Its capital is the city of Shahr-e Kord. The province lies in the southwest of the country, with an area of 16,332 square kilometers.

The province was classified as part of Region 2 upon the division of the provinces into 5 regions solely for coordination and development purposes on June 22, 2014.

Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province lies in the heart of the Zagros Mountains, a mountain range that stretches across north-western Iran and forms a natural barrier between Iran and Iraq.

Demographics Languages Bakhtiāri, which belongs to the Luri language of the Iranian language family, is the province's main language. Bakhtiāri is primarily spoken in the valleys of the higher areas in the western half of the province. It is also spoken in the lower areas around Lordegān in the south, and by speakers who have moved into the cities in the north-east.

In the north-east quarter of the province, people in most cities and villages speak either Chārmahāli (also in the Southwestern branch of Iranian) or Chaharmahali Turkic. Chārmahāli is transitional between Bakhtiari and Persian varieties of Isfahan province, but more similar to the latter. Chārmahāli varieties spoken in cities include Dehkordi (in Shahr-e Kord), Ghafarrokhi (in Farrokh Shahr), Heysheguni (in Hafshejān), and Borujeni (in Borujen). There are also many other varieties of Chārmahāli spoken in rural areas.

Most types of Turkic spoken in this province are similar to Qashqa'i of Fars province, but they are transitional to the Āzarbāyjāni (Azerbaijani) language of north-west Iran. The Chārmahāli and Turkic language areas overlap with one another, and in the foothills of the Zagros and in the larger cities, they intermingle with Bakhtiāri as well.

Tehrani-type Persian is now being taught by parents to children as a first language in some parts of the province, with the highest concentrations in the cities. This statistic is based on the population statistics of 2013.

The Atlas of the Languages of Iran (ALI) published a series of language maps for Chahar Mahal and Bakhtiari province, including a point-based and polygon (area-based) language distribution maps, and several linguistic data maps.

Written descriptions of some of the Bakhtiāri varieties in the province.Khosravi, Abdol'ali. 1996/1375. Guyesh-e Bakhtiāri: Ketāb-e chahārom [Bakhtiari dialect: Fourth book]. Esfahan: Nashr-e Ghazal.Tāheri, Esfandyār. 2010/1389. Guyesh-e Bakhtiāri-ye Kuhrang [The Bakhtiari dialect of Kuhrang]. Tehran: IHCS Press. and a lexicon of the Bakhtiāri languageMadadi, Zohrāb. 1996/1375. Vāzhehnāmeh-ye zabān-e Bakhtiāri [Lexicon of the Bakhtiari language]. Tehran & Esfahan: Enteshārāt-e Āyāt. have also been published.

Population At the time of the 2006 National Census, the province's population was 843,784 in 194,171 households. The following census in 2011 counted 895,263 people in 234,416 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the province as 947,763 in 270,434 households.

Administrative divisions

The population history and structural changes of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province's administrative divisions over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.

+ Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province Counties 2006 2011 2016 Ardal 68,740 53,514 48,880 Ben — — 28,326 Borujen 113,795 118,681 122,483 Falard — — — Farrokhshahr — — — Farsan 90,111 93,941 95,286 Khanmirza — — — Kiar — 58,047 50,976 Kuhrang 33,468 35,915 41,535 Lordegan 175,289 194,783 209,681 Saman — — 34,616 Shahrekord 362,381 340,382 315,980 Total 843,784 895,263 947,763

Cities According to the 2016 census, 607,444 people (over 64% of the population of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province) live in the following cities:

City Population Aluni 5,248 Ardal 10,113 Babaheydar 11,202 Bazoft 1,519 Ben 12,971 Boldaji 11,980 Borujen 57,071 Chelgerd 2,989 Cholicheh 4,945 Dashtak 4,016 Dastana 5,143 Faradonbeh 13,317 Farrokh Shahr 31,739 Farsan 30,504 Gahru 6,263 Gandoman 6,291 Gujan 6,179 Hafshejan 21,352 Haruni 3,601 Junqan 14,433 Kaj 4,227 Kian 12,948 Lordegan 40,528 Mal-e Khalifeh 4,024 Manj 1,492 Nafech 4,059 Naghan 6,125 Naqneh 9,923 Pardanjan 8,699 Saman 14,192 Samsami 1,203 Sar Khun 2,131 Sardasht 5,691 Sefiddasht 5,471 Shahr-e Kord 190,441 Shalamzar 6,899 Sudjan 5,581 Sureshjan 12,308 Taqanak 6,170 Vardanjan 4,456

Economy

The province is mainly active in the agriculture sector. Most of the industrial sector is clustered around the center of the province. Natural attractions Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province is the source and birthplace of many springs, rivers and waterfalls that supply the water of the two great and vital rivers of Zayanderud and Karoon and cause the development of many cities in the country. Natural attractions include Zayanderud river, Zamankhan bridge, Kouhrang 1 Dam, Dime spring, Sheik Ali Khan waterfall, Chama Ice cave, Darkesh varkesh canyon, Rostam Abad Sardab spring, Do Polan, Karoon-4 dam, Darreh Esgh (love valley), Atashgah waterfall, Choghakhor Wetland, Pire Ghar cave, Siasard spring, Helen protected area, Barm spring, Sendegan spring, Tang Sayyad national Park, Parvaz national park, Sarab cave, Gandoman wetland, Zard lime waterfall, Kordikon waterfall.

Colleges and universities Islamic Azad University of Borujen Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord Branch Shahrekord University Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences

Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province

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