Madavan, Iran
Neighborhood in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, Iran
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Madavan (Persian: مادوان)[a] is a neighborhood in the city of Yasuj of the Central District of Boyer-Ahmad County, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, Iran. As the village of Madavan-e Olya, it was the capital of Sarrud-e Shomali Rural District[4] until its capital was transferred to the village of Gusheh-ye Shahzadeh Qasem.[5]
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the population was 7,109 in 1,403 households, when it was the village of Madavan-e Olya in Sarrud-e Shomali Rural District.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 10,777 people in 2,428 households,[7] by which time the village had been elevated to city status as Madavan.[8] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 18,078 people in 4,219 households.[2]
After the census, Madavan, and the villages of Balahzar, Jadval-e Ghureh-ye Mehrian, Madavan-e Sofla, Mehrian, Sarab-e Taveh, Servak, and Tall Khosrow, were merged with the city of Yasuj.[5]
