Qaleh-ye Khvajeh (Persian: قلعه خواجه), also Romanized as Qal‘eh-ye Khvājeh, Qal‘eh Khvājeh, and Qal’eh Khājeh; also known as Qal‘eh-ye Khvājeh Bālā,[3] is a city in the Central District of Andika County, Khuzestan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[4] It is also the administrative center for Qaleh-ye Khvajeh Rural District.[5]
Qaleh-ye Khvajeh
Persian: قلعه خواجه | |
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City | |
Qaleh-ye Khvajeh | |
Coordinates: 32°12′17″N 49°27′01″E / 32.20472°N 49.45028°E[1] | |
Country | Iran |
Province | Khuzestan |
County | Andika |
District | Central |
Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 2,408 |
Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
At the 2006 National Census, its population was 801 in 179 households, when it was in the former Andika District of Masjed Soleyman County.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 2,272 people in 503 households,[7] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of the new Andika County.[4] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 2,408 people in 606 households.[2]