In 2005, the villages of Alamdar Mahalleh (علمدار محله), Amuzad Mahalleh (عموزاد محله), Geteh Zamin (گتهزمین), Kalak (کلاک), Keshir Kheyl (کشیرخیل), Mala Mahalleh (ملامحله), Mali Kola (مالیکلا), Robat (رباط), and Rekavand (رکاوند) were merged to form the new city of Khalil Shahr.[3]
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 10,096 in 2,485 households.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 10,141 people in 2,869 households.[7] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 11,032 people in 3,298 households.[4]
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^Khalil Shahr can be found atGEOnet Names Server, atthis link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "219009" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
^سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان مازندران [General Population and Housing Census 2006: Mazandaran Province].مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived fromthe original(Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved25 September 2022.
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