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Qaleh-ye Khvajeh (Persian: قلعه خواجه)[a] is a city in the Central District of Andika County, Khuzestan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[4] It is also the administrative center for Qaleh-ye Khvajeh Rural District.[5]

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Qaleh-ye Khvajeh
Persian: قلعه خواجه
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Qaleh-ye Khvajeh is located in Iran
Qaleh-ye Khvajeh
Qaleh-ye Khvajeh
Location within Iran
Coordinates: 32°12′17″N 49°27′01″E[1]
CountryIran
ProvinceKhuzestan
CountyAndika
DistrictCentral
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total
2,408
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)
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Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 801 in 179 households,[6] when it was capital of the former Andika District of Masjed Soleyman County.[7] The following census in 2011 counted 2,272 people in 503 households,[8] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Andika County. Qaleh-ye Khvajeh was transferred to the new Central District as the county's capital.[4] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 2,408 people in 606 households.[2]

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Notes

  1. Also romanized as Qal’eh Khājeh, Qal‘eh Khvājeh, and Qal‘eh-ye Khvājeh; also known as Qal‘eh-ye Khvājeh Bālā[3]

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