Delfan County

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Delfan County (Persian: شهرستان دلفان) is a county in Lorestan province, Iran. The capital of the county is Alashtar. It is also known as Alashtar County informally.

It is a mountainous region in the northwest of Lorestan province. It has cold weather in winters and its height from sea level is more than 1600 meters. Most of the inhabitants of this town are farmers. The natural landscapes of this region, especially in winter and spring, are really beautiful. The people in this region speak Laki, which is one of the most dominant and important languages in the west of Iran. People who live in this region are very powerful and they have an appropriate physique for life in that kind of weather. It is consists of several tribes: Mirbag, Noorali, Shahivand, Kakavand, Itivand, Oladghobad, Koolivand. The biggest part of it, is called Mirbag that have a big infuence on the area.

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