The village of Chaqabol was converted to a city in 1996.
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 4,801 in 1,037 households, when it was capital of the former Rumeshkan District of Kuhdasht County. The following census in 2011 counted 5,176 people in 1,321 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 6,125 people in 1,614 households, by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Rumeshkan County. The city was transferred to the new Central District as the county's capital.
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↑سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385: استان لرستان[General Population and Housing Census 2006: Lorestan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original(Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
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