Central District (Bijar County) Explained

Central District (Bijar County)
Native Name:Persian: بخش مرکزی شهرستان بیجار
Native Name Lang:fa
Settlement Type:District
Pushpin Map:Iran#Iran Kurdistan
Coordinates Footnotes:[1]
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Iran
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Kurdistan
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Bijar
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Bijar
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2016
Population Total:65888
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:IRST
Utc Offset:+3:30

The Central District of Bijar County (Persian: بخش مرکزی شهرستان بیجار) is in Kurdistan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Bijar.[2]

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the district's population was 66,833 in 17,084 households.[3] The following census in 2011 counted 66,962 people in 18,975 households.[4] The 2016 census measured the population of the district as 65,888 inhabitants in 20,711 households,[5] by which time the village of Tup Aghaj had been elevated to the status of a city.[6]

Administrative divisions

Central District (Bijar County) Population
Administrative Divisions 2006 2011 2016
4,081 3,817 3,352
4,622 3,922 3,462
3,455 3,145 2,724
4,828 4,861 1,932
3,691 3,291 2,759
Bijar (city) 46,156 47,926 50,014
Tup Aghaj (city) 1,645
Total 66,833 66,962 65,888

See also

Notes and References

  1. ((OpenStreetMap contributors)) . Central District (Bijar County) . . 16 August 2023 . 16 August 2023 . fa.
  2. Web site: Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of Kurdistan province, centered in the city of Sanandaj . fa . Islamic Parliament Research Center of the Islamic Republic of Iran . https://web.archive.org/web/20181023230624/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/113045 . Ministry of Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board . Habibi . Hassan . 23 October 2018 . 21 June 1369 . 22 January 2024.
  3. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006) . 12 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 25 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110920092008/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/12.xls . Excel . 20 September 2011.
  4. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011) . 12 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . Syracuse University . https://web.archive.org/web/20230119120701/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Kurdistan.xls . 19 January 2023 . 19 December 2022 . Excel.
  5. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016) . 12 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 19 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220508185635/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_12.xlsx . Excel . 8 May 2022.
  6. Web site: With some changes in the geographical map of three provinces: Four new cities were added to the map of the country's divisions . fa . DOLAT . https://web.archive.org/web/20170316114349/https://dolat.ir/detail/224080 . Ministry of Interior, Council of Ministers . 16 March 2017 . 28 January 2013 . 9 November 2023.