{{Short description|City in Ilam province, Iran}}

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'''Delgosha''' ({{langx|fa|دلگشا}}){{efn|Also romanized as '''Delgoshā'''}} is a city in Gachi District of Malekshahi County, Ilam province, Iran. It is adjacent to the city of Arkavaz,{{efn|Formerly Qaleh Darreh-ye Malekshahi<ref name="Arkavazi District Renamed Malekshahi District">{{cite report|title=Approval letter regarding the change of the name of Arkavazi District in Ilam province|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/121677|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241124115709/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/121677|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|archive-date=24 November 2024|orig-date=Approved 16 March 1380|date=c. 2024|id=Proposal 1.4.74426; Notification 12084/T24186‌H|access-date=24 November 2024}}</ref>}} bordering it to the south. The city is populated by Kurds.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Language distribution: Ilam Province|url=http://iranatlas.net/index.html?module=module.language-distribution.ilam|url-status=live|access-date=24 March 2021|website=Iran Atlas|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114091241/http://iranatlas.net/index.html?module=module.language-distribution.ilam |archive-date=2021-01-14 }}</ref>

==Demographics== ===Population=== At the time of the 2006 National Census, Delgosha's population was 3,931 in 676 households, when it was a village in Gachi Rural District of the former Malekshahi District{{efn|Formerly Arkavazi District<ref name="Arkavazi District Renamed Malekshahi District"/>}} of Mehran County.<ref name="2006 Ilam Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Ilam 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/16.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920094337/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/16.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}}</ref> The following census in 2011 counted 2,201 people in 551 households,<ref name="2011 Ilam Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Ilam 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/Ilam.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117202401/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Ilam.xls|archive-date=17 January 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}}</ref> by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Malekshahi County,<ref name="Malekshahi County Establishment">{{cite report|title=Approval letter regarding changes and reforms of divisions in Ilam province|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/135488|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240208153301/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/135488|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|last=Davodi|first=Parviz|archive-date=8 February 2024|date=c. 2024|orig-date=Approved 28 July 1387|id=Proposal 91494/42/1/4/1; Notification 145145/T342H|access-date=8 February 2024}}</ref> and the village had been elevated to the status of a city.<ref name="Delgosha City">{{cite report|title=Approval letter regarding the conversion of Delgosha village from Gachi Rural District in Malekshahi District of Mehran County in Ilam province to Delgosha city|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/134970|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240208154827/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/134970|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Board|last=Davodi|first=Parviz|archive-date=8 February 2024|date=c. 2024|orig-date=Approved 20 September 1386|id=Proposal 93023/42/4/1; Letter 58538/T26118H; Notification 158856/T38077K|access-date=8 February 2024}}</ref> Delgosha and the rural district were transferred to the new Gachi District. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 1,819 people in 510 households.<ref name="2016 Ilam Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Ilam 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_16.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101180736/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_16.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=1 November 2020}}</ref>

==See also== {{Portal-inline|Iran}} {{clear}}

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{{Ilam Province|state=collapsed}}

{{Malekshahi County|state=collapsed}}

Category:Cities in Ilam province

Category:Populated places in Malekshahi County

Category:Kurdish settlements in Ilam province

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