Jafarabad County | |
Native Name: | Persian: شهرستان جعفرآباد |
Settlement Type: | County |
Image Map1: | IranQom-SVG.svg |
Map Caption1: | Location of Qom province in Iran |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Qom |
Seat Type: | Capital |
Seat: | Jafariyeh |
Parts Type: | Districts |
Parts Style: | para |
P1: | Central |
P2: | Qahan |
Coordinates: | 34.7575°N 50.4556°W |
Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
Timezone: | IRST |
Utc Offset: | +3:30 |
Jafarabad County (Persian: شهرستان جعفرآباد) is in Qom province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Jafariyeh,[2] whose population at the time of the 2016 National Census was 9,387 in 2,552 households.[3]
After the 2016 census, Jafarabad District and Qahan Rural District were separated from Qom County in the establishment of Jafarabad County, which was divided into two districts of two rural districts each, with Jafariyeh as its capital and only city.[2] In May 2023, the village of Qahan was elevated to the status of a city.[4]
Jafarabad County's administrative structure is shown in the following table.
Administrative Divisions | |
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Central District | |
Baqerabad RD | |
Jafarabad RD | |
Jafariyeh (city) | |
Qahan District | |
Kohandan RD | |
Qahan RD | |
Qahan (city) | |