Ajab Shir County Explained
| Ajab Shir County |
| Native Name: | Persian: شهرستان عجب شیر |
| Settlement Type: | County |
| Image Map1: | IranEastAzerbaijan-SVG.svg |
| Map Caption1: | Location of East Azerbaijan province in Iran |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Iran |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | East Azerbaijan |
| Seat Type: | Capital |
| Seat: | Ajab Shir |
| Parts Type: | Districts |
| Parts Style: | para |
| P1: | Central |
| P2: | Qaleh Chay |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Total: | 70852 |
| Coordinates: | 37.4833°N 99°W |
| Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
| Timezone: | IRST |
| Utc Offset: | +3:30 |
Ajab Shir County (Persian: شهرستان عجب شیر) is in East Azerbaijan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Ajab Shir.[2]
History
After the 2011 National Census, the village of Javan Qaleh was elevated to the status of a city.[3]
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 census, the county's population was 65,741 in 16,039 households.[4] The following census in 2011 counted 66,746 people in 18,097 households.[5] The 2016 census measured the population of the county as 70,852 in 20,608 households.[6]
Administrative divisions
Ajab Shir County's population history and administrative structure over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.
Ajab Shir County Population| Administrative Divisions | 2006 | 2011 | 2016 |
|---|
| Central District | 47,017 | 49,967 | 53,845 |
| 12,347 | 15,857 | 12,748 |
| 8,435 | 7,830 | 7,491 |
| Ajab Shir (city) | 26,235 | 26,280 | 33,606 |
| Qaleh Chay District | 18,724 | 16,779 | 17,007 |
| 8,914 | 7,589 | 6,839 |
| 9,810 | 9,190 | 9,468 |
| Javan Qaleh (city) | | | 700 |
| Total | 65,741 | 66,746 | 70,852 |
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See also
Notes and References
- ((OpenStreetMap contributors)) . Ajab Shir County . . 21 February 2024 . 21 February 2024 . fa.
- Web site: Approval letter regarding the establishment of Ajab Shir County . fa . Islamic Parliament Research Center . https://web.archive.org/web/20111203211717/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/121756 . 3 December 2011 . Ministry of Interior, Board of Ministers . Habibi . Hassan . 4 December 2023.
- Web site: Approval letter regarding reforms of country divisions in East Azerbaijan province . fa . Research Center of the System of Laws of the Islamic Council of the Farabi Library of Mobile Users . https://web.archive.org/web/20140306123942/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/867263 . 6 March 2014 . Ministry of Interior, Council of Ministers . Jahangiri . Ishaq . 21 February 2024.
- Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006) . 03 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 25 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110920092432/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/03.xls . Excel . 20 September 2011.
- Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011) . Syracuse University . 03 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . https://web.archive.org/web/20230116202318/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/East-Azerbaijan.xls . 16 January 2023. 19 December 2022 . Excel.
- Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016) . 03 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 19 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201113123618/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_03.xlsx . Excel . 13 November 2020.
