KOhgiloye – Boyerahmad Landmarks
Historic background
The region which is called Kohgiloye has a long history . In the near past
, it was one of the districts of Fars province , consisting of two parts being
thre north eastern that wa s cold and mountainous and the southwestern sector
which had tropical weather and was formerly called
Behbahan Kooh, Till June 23, 1963 a part of the present province of Kohgiloye
was affiliated to the Khuzestan province and a part to Fars province . In
November 6, 1959 , the tropical part of Behbahan was changed to the township of Kohgiloye with its center as Dehdasht .
the same was a party of Khuzestan province and the remaining to the province of Fars . On July 13,1963, KOhgiloye was
seprated from Fars and Khuzestan province .
According to the approval of the
the then Parliament it came under the governor general and Yassoj which
which was till then devoid of
inhabitants , was assigned as its center . In March 1974 Kohgiloye was changed
to a province .