{{Short description|Village in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, Iran}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox settlement |official_name = Kahandezh |native_name = {{langx|fa|کهن‌دژ}} |settlement_type = Village |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |pushpin_map = Iran |mapsize = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = [[Iran]] |subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Iran|Province]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province|Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari]] |subdivision_type2 = [[Counties of Iran|County]] |subdivision_name2 = [[Kiar County|Kiar]] |subdivision_type3 = [[Bakhsh (administrative division)|District]] |subdivision_name3 = [[Naghan District|Naghan]] |subdivision_type4 = [[Rural Districts of Iran|Rural District]] |subdivision_name4 = [[Naghan Rural District|Naghan]] |leader_title = |leader_name = |established_title = |established_date = |area_total_km2 = |area_footnotes = |population_as_of = 2016 | population_footnotes = <ref name="2016 Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province"/> |population_total = 71 |population_density_km2 = auto |timezone = [[Iran Standard Time|IRST]] |utc_offset = +3:30 |coordinates = {{Coord|31|56|23|N|50|38|06|E|dim:1km|display=inline,title}} |coordinates_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite map|author=((OpenStreetMap contributors))|url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=31.939722&mlon=50.635&zoom=15#map=15/31.93972/50.63500|website=[[OpenStreetMap]]|title=گاوتوت, دهستان ناغان [Gav Tut], Naghan Section, Kiar County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiyari Province, Iran|date=3 February 2025|access-date=3 February 2025|lang=fa}}</ref> |elevation_m = |area_code = |website = |footnotes = }}

'''Kahandezh''' ({{langx|fa|کهن‌دژ}}){{efn|Also [[romanize]]d as '''Kāhāndezh'''; formerly '''Gav Tut''' (گاوتوت),<ref name="Miscellaneous Iran Changes 2"> {{cite web |first=Mohammad |last=Mokhber |author-link=Mohammad Mokhber |orig-date={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|شماره ۹۰۵۰۷/ت ۵۸۵۴۹ هـ ـ ۱۴۰۲/۵/۲۵}} (No. 90507/T 58549 AH - 1402/5/25) (Iranian Jalali calendar) |date=16 August 2023 <!-- Converted date using https://www.iranchamber.com/calendar/converter/iranian_calendar_converter.php --> |script-title=fa:تصویب‌نامه در خصوص تقسیمات کشوری در استان‌های اردبیل، چهارمحال و بختیاری، خوزستان، سیستان و بلوچستان، مرکزی و همدان |trans-title=‌Resolution on the national divisions in the provinces of Ardabil, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Khuzestan, Sistan and Baluchestan, Markazi and Hamadan |url=https://sdil.ac.ir/مصوبات-هیأت-دولت-دهه-سوم-آبان-۱۴%DB%B0۲/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240530195607/https://sdil.ac.ir/مصوبات-هیأت-دولت-دهه-سوم-آبان-۱۴%DB%B0۲/ |archive-date=30 May 2024 |access-date=31 August 2025 |website={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|پژوهشکده حقوقی شهر دانش}} [Shahr Danesh Law Research Institute] |publisher={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|‌وزارت کشور}} [Ministry of the Interior] |agency={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|هیات وزیران}} [Council of Ministers] |language=fa |id={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|شماره ۹۰۵۰۷/ت ۵۸۵۴۹ هـ ـ }} [No. 90507/T 58549 AH].}}</ref> also [[romanize]]d as '''Gāv Tūt'''<ref>{{GEOnet3|-3063846|Gav Tut}}</ref>}} is a village in [[Naghan Rural District]]<ref name="Borujen County Rural Districts"> {{cite web |first=Mir-Hossein |last=Mousavi |author-link=Mir-Hossein Mousavi |orig-date={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|تاریخ تصویب}} (Approval date) 1366/02/02 (Iranian Jalali calendar) |date=22 April 1987 <!-- Converted 'Approval date' using https://www.iranchamber.com/calendar/converter/iranian_calendar_converter.php --> |script-title=fa:ایجاد و تشکیل تعداد 7 دهستان شامل روستاها، مزارع و مکانهای واقع در شهرستان بروجن تابعه استان چهارمحال بختیاری |trans-title=‌Creation and formation of 7 rural districts including villages, farms and places located in Borujen County, subordinate to Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province |url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/110105 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250826204031/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/110105 |archive-date=26 August 2025 |access-date=26 August 2025 |website={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|لام تا کام}} [Lam ta Kam] |publisher={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|‌وزارت کشور}} [Ministry of the Interior] |agency={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|هیات وزیران}} [Council of Ministers] |language=fa |id={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|شناسه}} [ID] 3049EF27-9B8C-4FAB-8628-FC5F0F13B1B6. {{lang|fa|rtl=yes|شماره دوره}} [Course number] 66, {{lang|fa|rtl=yes|شماره جلد}} [Volume number] 4.}}</ref> of [[Naghan District]] in [[Kiar County]], [[Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province|Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari]] province, [[Iran]].

==Demographics== ===Ethnicity=== The village is populated by [[Lurs]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Language distribution: Chahar Mahal va Bakhtiari Province|url=http://iranatlas.net/index.html?module=module.language-distribution.chahar_mahal_va_bakhtiari#|access-date=25 March 2021|website=Iran Atlas}}</ref>

===Population=== At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 50 in 12 households, when it was in the [[Central District (Ardal County)|Central District]] of [[Ardal County]].<ref name="2006 Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province"> {{cite web |script-title=fa:سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان چهارمحال و بختیاری |trans-title=General Population and Housing Census 2006: Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province |language=fa |website={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|مرکز آمار ایران}} [Statistical Centre of Iran] |url=http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/14.xls |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920094403/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/14.xls |archive-date=20 September 2011 |format=Excel |access-date=25 September 2022}}</ref> The following census in 2011 counted 33 people in 10 households,<ref name="2011 Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province"> {{cite web |script-title=fa:سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان چهارمحال و بختیاری |trans-title=General Population and Housing Census 2011: Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province |language=fa |website=Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University |url=https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Chahar-Mahal-and-Bakhtiari.xls |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116012310/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Chahar-Mahal-and-Bakhtiari.xls |archive-date=16 January 2023 |agency={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|مرکز آمار ایران}} [Statistical Centre of Iran] |format=Excel |access-date=19 December 2022}}</ref> by which time the rural district had been separated from the county in the establishment of [[Kiar County]] and was transferred to the new [[Naghan District]].<ref name="Kiar County Establishment"> {{cite web |first=Parviz |last=Davoodi |author-link=Parviz Davoodi |orig-date={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|تاریخ تصویب}} (Approval date) 1386/07/29 (Iranian Jalali calendar) |date=21 October 2007 <!-- Converted 'Approval date' using https://www.iranchamber.com/calendar/converter/iranian_calendar_converter.php --> |script-title=fa:تصویبنامه وزرای عضو کمیسیون سیاسی- دفاعی هیئت دولت در خصوص برخی تغییرات و تقسیمات کشوری در استان چهار محال و بختیاری |trans-title=‌Approval of the Ministers of the Political Defense Commission of the Government Board regarding some changes and national divisions in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province |url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/132618 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250826193151/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/132618 |archive-date=26 August 2025 |access-date=26 August 2025 |website={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|لام تا کام}} [Lam ta Kam] |publisher={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|‌وزارت کشور}} [Ministry of the Interior] |agency={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت}} [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board] |language=fa |id={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|شناسه}} [ID] 2773B618-ABF2-4EA2-A9B9-33054C181C06.}}</ref> The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 71 people in 24 households.<ref name="2016 Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province"> {{cite web |script-title=fa:سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان چهارمحال و بختیاری |trans-title=General Population and Housing Census 2016: Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province |language=fa |website={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|مرکز آمار ایران}} [Statistical Centre of Iran] |url=https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_14.xlsx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524080828/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_14.xlsx |archive-date=24 May 2019 |format=Excel |access-date=19 December 2022}}</ref>

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{{Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province|state=collapsed}}

{{Kiar County|state=collapsed}}

[[Category:Populated places in Kiar County]]

[[Category:Luri settlements in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province]]

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