Dorud

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Dorud
دورود
city
Dorud is located in Iran
Dorud
Dorud
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Country  Iran
Province Lorestan
County Dorud
Bakhsh Central
Population (2006)
 • Total 159,026
Time zone IRST (UTC+3:30)
 • Summer (DST) IRDT (UTC+4:30)

Dorud (Persian: دورود‎‎, also Romanized as Dorūd, Dūrūd, and Dow Rūd; also known as Bahrain and Dorood Garan)[1] is a city in and capital of Dorud County, Lorestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 159,026 in 23,596 families.[2] The name Dorud means "where two rivers meet", where "Do" means two, and "rud" means river.

Sports

Doroud has one main football team, Gahar Zagros who plays in the Iranian Azadegan League (2nd Division), Gahar was the first team from the Province of Lorestan to make it to the Iran Pro League.

References

  1. Dorud can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3061548" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
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