Silakhor District

Not to be confused with Silakhor Rural District or Silakhor-e Sharqi Rural District.
For other places with a similar name, see Silakhor.

Silakhor District
Persian: بخش سیلاخور
District
Silakhor District is located in Iran
Silakhor District
Silakhor District
Coordinates: 33°39′00″N 48°57′46″E / 33.65000°N 48.96278°E / 33.65000; 48.96278[1]
CountryIran
ProvinceLorestan
CountyDorud
CapitalChalanchulan
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total14,853
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Silakhor District (Persian: بخش سیلاخور) is in Dorud County, Lorestan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Chalanchulan.[3]

  1. ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (24 August 2023). "Silakhor District (Dorud County)" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2016 census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Mousavi, Mirhossein (17 April 1368). "Creation and formation of Silakhor and Central Districts in the center of Dorud city". Lamtakam (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Council of Ministers. Archived from the original on 21 January 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2024.