Malayer County Explained

Malayer County
Native Name:Persian: شهرستان ملایر
Settlement Type:County
Image Map1:IranHamadan-SVG.svg
Map Caption1:Location of Hamadan province in Iran
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Hamadan
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Malayer
Parts Type:Districts
Parts Style:para
P1:Central
P2:Jowkar
P3:Samen
P4:Zand
Population As Of:2016
Population Total:288685
Coordinates:34.3333°N 94°W
Coordinates Footnotes:[1]
Timezone:IRST
Utc Offset:+3:30

Malayer County (Persian: شهرستان ملایر) is in Hamadan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Malayer.[2]

History

After the 2011 National Census, Tork-e Sharqi Rural District was transferred from Jowkar District to the Central District.[3]

After the 2016 census, the village of Eslamabad was elevated to the status of the city of Eslamshahr-e Aqgol.[4]

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 census, the county's population was 285,272 in 73,755 households.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 287,982 people in 83,746 households.[6] The 2016 census measured the population of the county as 288,685 in 89,762 households.[7]

Administrative divisions

Malayer County's population history and administrative structure over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.

Malayer County Population
Administrative Divisions 2006 2011 2016
Central District 186,497 194,255 213,456
8,251 8,107 7,555
8,324 7,306 6,659
7,291 7,935 8,084
8,883 11,059 10,345
10,576
Eslamshahr-e Aqgol (city)
Malayer (city) 153,748 159,848 170,237
Jowkar District 52,445 50,487 37,046
12,081 11,027 8,101
6,100 5,394 4,218
12,367 11,503 11,298
Tork-e Sharqi RD 11,003 10,814
Azandarian (city) 8,685 9,324 11,171
Jowkar (city) 2,209 2,425 2,258
Samen District 31,904 31,060 28,085
6,337 6,199 5,667
9,194 8,798 8,460
7,114 6,687 5,396
5,234 4,950 4,689
Samen (city) 4,025 4,426 3,873
Zand District 14,426 12,180 10,019
4,434 3,564 2,964
4,985 4,405 3,776
4,163 3,486 2,658
Zangeneh (city) 844 725 621
Total 285,272 287,982 288,685

See also

Notes and References

  1. ((OpenStreetMap contributors)) . Malayer County . . 25 May 2024 . 25 May 2024 . fa.
  2. Web site: Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the country's divisions of Hamadan province, centered in Hamadan city . fa . Lamtakam . https://web.archive.org/web/20240211122913/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/113025 . Ministry of Interior, Political Defense Commission of the Government Board . Habibi . Hassan . 11 February 2024 . 21 June 1369 . 11 February 2024.
  3. Web site: Approval letter regarding country divisions in Hamadan province . fa . Lamtakam . https://web.archive.org/web/20240213010942/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/796645 . Ministry of Interior, Political and Defense Commission . Rahimi . Mohammad Reza . 13 February 2024 . 13 February 2024.
  4. Web site: The village of Eslamabad, the center of Tork-e Sharqi Rural District, the Central District of Malayer County in Hamadan province, will be transformed into a city and its name will be changed to Eslamshahr-e Aqgol city . fa . RRK . https://web.archive.org/web/20231018161255/https://rrk.ir/Laws/ShowLaw.aspx?Code=12863 . 18 October 2023 . 9 January 2017 . 18 October 2023.
  5. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006) . 13 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 25 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110920093712/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/13.xls . Excel . 20 September 2011.
  6. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011) . 13 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . Syracuse University . https://web.archive.org/web/20230117164705/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Hamadan.xls . 17 January 2023 . 19 December 2022 . Excel.
  7. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016) . 13 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 19 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210421224006/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_13.xlsx . Excel . 21 April 2021.