Cheshmeh Shirin, Ilam
City in Ilam province, Iran
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Cheshmeh Shirin (Persian: چشمه شيرين)[a] is a city in, and the capital of, Hendmini District of Badreh County, Ilam province, Iran.[4] As a village, it was the capital of Hendmini Rural District[5] until its capital was transferred to the village of Abcheshmeh.[4]
Cheshmeh Shirin
Persian: چشمه شيرين | |
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Ahangaran-e Kaviani (top), Cheshmeh Shirin (center), and Dul Golab (bottom) | |
  Cheshmeh Shirin Location within Iran  Cheshmeh Shirin Location within Ilam Province | |
| Coordinates: 33°16′23″N 47°09′34″E[1] | |
| Country | Iran |
| Province | Ilam |
| County | Badreh |
| District | Hendmini |
| Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 1,125 |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
Demographics
Ethnicity
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, Cheshmeh Shirin's population was 1,172 in 261 households, when it was a village in Hendmini Rural District of the former Badreh District of Darreh Shahr County.[7] The following census in 2011 counted 1,168 people in 311 households.[8] The 2016 census measured the population as 1,125 people in 320 households,[2] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Badreh County. The rural district was transferred to the new Hendmini District.[4]
Cheshmeh Shirin was elevated to the status of a city after the census.[9]
