Khorramabad County
County in Lorestan province, Iran
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In 2007, Dowreh-ye Chegeni and Veysian Districts were separated from the county in the establishment of Dowreh County.
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Demographics
Language
The county's population is mainly Lur and Kurdish Lak.
See below, the linguistic composition of the county:
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the county's population was 509,251 in 113,886 households. The following census in 2011 counted 487,167 people in 128,600 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the county as 506,471 in 144,958 households.
Administrative divisions
Khorramabad County's population history and administrative structure over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.
Colleges and universities
- Islamic Azad University of Khorram Abad
- Lorestan University
- Lorestan University of Medical Sciences
- Madanni Technical College
Historical attractions
In the current location of Khorramabad, there was a city called Khaydalau from the Elamite period, and later the city of Shapurkhast was built on its ruins and around the current location of the city by order of Shapur I of the Sassanid Empire.
There are numerous historical and natural tourist attractions in the city of Khorramabad, including Falak-ol-Aflak Castle, a brick minaret, a broken bridge, a stone whirlpool, an inscription, Baba Taher's tomb, and Lake Kio.