Alqchin-e Olya
Persian: القچین علیا | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 30°46′30″N 50°42′32″E / 30.77500°N 50.70889°E[1] | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad |
County | Charam |
District | Central |
Rural District | Alqchin |
Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 718 |
Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
Alqchin-e Olya (Persian: القچین علیا, also Romanized as Alqchīn-e ‘Olyā; also known as Alqchīn-e Bālā, Alqechīn-e Bālā, and Elqechīn Bālā)[3] is a village in, and the capital of, Alqchin Rural District[4] of the Central District of Charam County, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, Iran.
At the 2006 National Census, its population was 1,006 in 183 households, when it was in the former Charam District of Kohgiluyeh County.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 847 people in 214 households, by which time the district had separated from the county in the establishment of Charam County.[6] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 718 people in 218 households.[2]