Lahijan County Explained
Lahijan County should not be confused with Lenjan County.
Lahijan County |
Native Name: | Persian: شهرستان لاهیجان |
Settlement Type: | County |
Image Map1: | IranGilan-SVG.svg |
Map Caption1: | Location of Gilan province in Iran |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Iran |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Gilan |
Seat Type: | Capital |
Seat: | Lahijan |
Parts Type: | Districts |
Parts Style: | para |
P1: | Central |
P2: | Rudboneh |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Total: | 167544 |
Coordinates: | 37.2333°N 52°W |
Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
Timezone: | IRST |
Utc Offset: | +3:30 |
Lahijan County (Persian: شهرستان لاهیجان) is in Gilan province, in northwestern Iran. Its capital is the city of Lahijan.[2]
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the county's population was 161,491 in 48,075 households.[3] The following census in 2011 counted 168,829 people in 55,174 households.[4] The 2016 census measured the population of the county as 167,544 in 58,378 households.[5]
Administrative divisions
Lahijan County's population history and administrative structure over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.
Lahijan County PopulationAdministrative Divisions | 2006 | 2011 | 2016 |
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Central District | 130,288 | 143,478 | 144,292 |
| 11,859 | 8,716 | 9,459 |
| 15,029 | 12,389 | 11,603 |
| 6,353 | 5,529 | 4,721 |
| 12,993 | 13,885 | 9,359 |
| 12,183 | 8,908 | 8,077 |
Lahijan (city) | 71,871 | 94,051 | 101,073 |
Rudboneh District | 31,203 | 25,351 | 23,252 |
| 11,893 | 7,598 | 6,858 |
| 15,716 | 14,107 | 12,953 |
Rudboneh (city) | 3,594 | 3,646 | 3,441 |
Total | 161,491 | 168,829 | 167,544 |
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See also
Notes and References
- ((OpenStreetMap contributors)) . Lahijan County . . 4 October 2023 . 4 October 2023 . fa.
- Web site: Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of Gilan province centered on the city of Rasht . fa . Islamic Parliament Research Center . https://web.archive.org/web/20161012175417/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/113040 . Ministry of Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board . Habibi . Hassan . 12 October 2016 . 21 June 1369 . 12 December 2023.
- Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006) . 01 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 25 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110920083905/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/01.xls . Excel . 20 September 2011.
- Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011) . 01 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . Syracuse University . https://web.archive.org/web/20231008063316/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Gilan.xls . 8 October 2023 . 19 December 2022 . Excel.
- Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016) . 01 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 19 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201204200858/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_01.xlsx . Excel . 4 December 2020.