Gorji Mahalleh | |
Native Name: | Persian: گرجي محله |
Native Name Lang: | fa |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Iran |
Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Iran |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Mazandaran |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Behshahr |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Central |
Subdivision Type4: | Rural District |
Subdivision Name4: | Kuhestan |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Total: | 6129 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | IRST |
Utc Offset: | +3:30 |
Gorji Mahalleh (Persian: گرجي محله) is a village in Kuhestan Rural District of the Central District of Behshahr County, Mazandaran province, Iran.
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 5,953 in 1,553 households.[2] The following census in 2011 counted 5,796 people in 1,747 households.[3] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 6,129 people in 2,014 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.[4]
The residents of this village are originally from Georgia after Shah Abbas I obliged several of their ancestors to migrate to this place as defenders against Ottomans and Russians. Gorji means Georgian in Persian pronunciation and Gorji Mahalleh means the place that Georgian people live.