Fahraj Explained
| Fahraj |
| Native Name: | Persian: فهرج |
| Native Name Lang: | fa |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Pushpin Map: | Iran |
| Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Iran |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Kerman |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Fahraj |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Central |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Total: | 6876 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | IRST |
| Utc Offset: | +3:30 |
Fahraj (Persian: فهرج) is a city in the Central District of Fahraj County, Kerman province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[2] It is also the administrative center for Fahraj Rural District.[3]
Demographics
Ethnicity
The people are mostly Persians, with a minority of Baluchis.
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 6,105 in 1,428 households, when it was in the former Fahraj District of Bam County.[4] The following census in 2011 counted 11,939 people in 3,087 households,[5] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Fahraj County. Fahraj was transferred to the new Central District as the county's capital.[2] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 6,876 people in 1,850 households.[6]
See also
Notes and References
- ((OpenStreetMap contributors)) . Fahraj, Fahraj County . . 27 June 2023 . 27 June 2023 . fa.
- Web site: Approval of the creation of one county and two new cities . fa . Asr-e Iran . https://web.archive.org/web/20231108195418/https://www.asriran.com/fa/news/76844/تصویب-ایجاد-يک-شهرستان-و-دو-شهر-جديد . Ministry of Interior, Cabinet of Ministers . Davodi . Parviz . 8 November 2023 . 4 July 2009 . 8 November 2023.
- Web site: Creation and formation of 14 rural districts including villages, fields and places in Bam County under Kerman 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/20130601083246/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110361 . Ministry of Interior, Board of Ministers . Mousavi . Mirhossein . 1 June 2013 . 18 May 1366 . 31 January 2024.
- Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006) . 08 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 25 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110920093605/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/08.xls . Excel . 20 September 2011.
- Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011) . 08 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . Syracuse University . https://web.archive.org/web/20230329231518/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Kerman.xls . 29 March 2023 . 19 December 2022 . Excel.
- Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016) . 08 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 19 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201020091047/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_08.xlsx . Excel . 20 October 2020.
