Ben, Iran

Ben is a city in the Central District of Ben County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. The city is populated by Turkic people with a small Persian minority.

At the 2006 census, its population was 11,699 in 3,141 households, when it was in the former Ben District of Shahrekord County. The following census in 2011 counted 11,775 people in 3,534 households. The census in 2016 showed a population of 12,971 people in 4,049 households, by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Ben County, with Ben as its capital.

Notable people

 * Habib Esfahani