Mazhin, Iran

Mazhin is a city in, and the capital of, Mazhin District of Darreh Shahr County, Ilam province, Iran. As a village, it was the capital of Mazhin Rural District until its capital was transferred to the village of Meydan Khalaf.

Demographics

Ethnicity

The city is populated by Lurs.

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the population was 973 in 200 households, when it was a village in Mazhin Rural District. The following census in 2011 counted 1,160 people in 294 households. The 2016 census measured the population as 1,512 people in 422 households, by which time the village of Mirza Hoseynabad had merged with the villages of Fathabad, Hamgam, Heyderabad, and Irajabad to form the new city of Mazhin.