Baneh County

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'''Baneh County''' ({{langx|fa|شهرستان بانه}}) is in Kurdistan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Baneh.<ref name="Kurdistan Province Structure">{{cite report|title=Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of Kurdistan province, centered in the city of Sanandaj|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Islamic Parliament Research Center of the Islamic Republic of Iran|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/113045|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023230624/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/113045|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|archive-date=23 October 2018|date=2 November 2017|orig-date=Approved 21 June 1369|id=Proposal 3233.1.5.53; Letter 907-93808; Notification 83352/T130K|access-date=22 January 2024}}</ref>

==Demographics== ===Population=== At the time of the 2006 National Census, the county's population was 116,773 in 24,709 households.<ref name="2006 Kurdistan Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Kurdistan Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/12.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920092008/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/12.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}}</ref> The following census in 2011 counted 132,565 people in 32,669 households.<ref name="2011 Kurdistan Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Kurdistan Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=irandataportal.syr.edu|via=Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University|url=https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Kurdistan.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230119120701/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Kurdistan.xls|archive-date=19 January 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}}</ref> The 2016 census measured the population of the county as 158,690 in 43,772 households.<ref name="2016 Kurdistan Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Kurdistan Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_12.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220508185635/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_12.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=8 May 2022}}</ref>

===Administrative divisions===

Baneh County's population history and administrative structure over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.

{| class="wikitable" |+ Baneh County Population |- ! Administrative Divisions !! 2006<ref name="2006 Kurdistan Province"/> !! 2011<ref name="2011 Kurdistan Province"/> !! 2016<ref name="2016 Kurdistan Province"/> |- | '''Central District''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''78,016''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''96,243''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''122,439''' |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Shuy RD || style="text-align: right;"| 8,381 || style="text-align: right;"| 11,053 || style="text-align: right;"| 12,221 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Baneh (city) || style="text-align: right;"| 69,635 || style="text-align: right;"| 85,190 || style="text-align: right;"| 110,218 |- | '''Armardeh District'''{{efn|Formerly Alut District at the 2006 census<ref name="Alut District Renamed Armardeh District">{{cite report|title=Changing the name of Alut District from the functions of Baneh County in Kurdistan province to Armardeh District|language=fa|website=qavanin.ir|via=Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran|url=https://qavanin.ir/Law/PrintText/123218|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230815210434/https://qavanin.ir/Law/PrintText/123218|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political and Defense Commission|last=Davodi|first=Parviz|archive-date=15 August 2023|date=c. 2023|orig-date=Approved 4 March 1388|id=Proposal 81205/42/1/4; Letter 158802/T38854H|access-date=15 August 2023}}</ref>}} || style="text-align: right;"| '''10,394''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''9,601''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''9,359''' |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Beleh Keh RD || style="text-align: right;"| 2,691 || style="text-align: right;"| 2,546 || style="text-align: right;"| 2,448 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Posht-e Arbaba RD || style="text-align: right;"| 5,641 || style="text-align: right;"| 4,706 || style="text-align: right;"| 4,606 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Armardeh (city) || style="text-align: right;"| 2,062 || style="text-align: right;"| 2,349 || style="text-align: right;"| 2,305 |- | '''Namshir District''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''19,018''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''17,328''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''17,423''' |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Bowalhasan RD || style="text-align: right;"| 4,937 || style="text-align: right;"| 4,527 || style="text-align: right;"| 5,614 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Kani Sur RD || style="text-align: right;"| 6,307 || style="text-align: right;"| 5,765 || style="text-align: right;"| 5,435 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Nameh Shir RD || style="text-align: right;"| 6,643 || style="text-align: right;"| 5,729 || style="text-align: right;"| 5,090 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Kani Sur (city) || style="text-align: right;"| 1,131 || style="text-align: right;"| 1,307 || style="text-align: right;"| 1,284 |- | '''Nanur District''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''9,345''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''9,393''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''9,469''' |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Buin RD || style="text-align: right;"| 5,172 || style="text-align: right;"| 4,524 || style="text-align: right;"| 4,467 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Nanur RD || style="text-align: right;"| 3,104 || style="text-align: right;"| 3,411 || style="text-align: right;"| 3,484 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Buin-e Sofla (city) || style="text-align: right;"| 1,069 || style="text-align: right;"| 1,458 || style="text-align: right;"| 1,518 |- | '''Total''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''116,773''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''132,565''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''158,690''' |- | colspan=4 | {{small|RD {{=}} Rural District}} |}

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