Official Name: | Qareh Khezer |
Native Name: | Persian: قره خضر |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Iran |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Iran |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | East Azerbaijan |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Leylan |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Central |
Subdivision Type4: | Rural District |
Subdivision Name4: | Leylan-e Gharbi |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Total: | 1813 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | IRST |
Utc Offset: | +3:30 |
Coordinates: | 37.0286°N 46.1667°W |
Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
Qareh Khezer (Persian: قره خضر) is a village in, and the capital of, Leylan-e Gharbi Rural District of the Central District of Leylan County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran.[2]
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 1,680 in 384 households, when it was in Leylan-e Jonubi Rural District of the former Leylan District of Malekan County.[3] The following census in 2011 counted 1,390 people in 382 households.[4] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 1,813 people in 565 households.[5]
After the census, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Leylan County. The rural district was transferred to the new Central District, and Qareh Khezer was transferred to Leylan-e Gharbi Rural District created in the district.[2]