Darkhoveyn
City in Khuzestan province, Iran
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Darkhoveyn (Persian: دارخوین)[a] is a city in, and the capital of, Darkhoveyn District of Shadegan County, Khuzestan province, Iran.[5] It also serves as the administrative center for Darkhoveyn Rural District.[6] The city is the site of a nuclear facility.
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, Darkhoveyn's population was 2,766 in 523 households, when it was a village in Darkhoveyn Rural District of the Central District.[7] The following census in 2011 counted 5,759 people in 1,338 households,[8] by which time the village had merged with the villages of Shakht ol Khan and Yukhan to form the city of Darkhoveyn.[2] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 5,655 people in 1,458 households,[3] when the city and rural district had been separated from the district in the formation of Darkhoveyn District.[5]
