Shahin Dezh County Explained
Shahin Dezh County should not be confused with Shahin Shahr and Meymeh County.
Shahin Dezh County |
Native Name: | Persian: شهرستان شاهیندژ |
Settlement Type: | County |
Image Map1: | IranWestAzerbaijan-SVG.svg |
Map Caption1: | Location of West Azerbaijan province in Iran |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Iran |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | West Azerbaijan |
Seat Type: | Capital |
Seat: | Shahin Dezh |
Parts Type: | Districts |
Parts Style: | para |
P1: | Central |
P2: | Keshavarz |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Total: | 92456 |
Coordinates: | 36.65°N 81°W |
Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
Timezone: | IRST |
Utc Offset: | +3:30 |
Shahin Dezh County (Persian: شهرستان شاهیندژ) is in West Azerbaijan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Shahin Dezh.[2]
Demographics
Ethnicity and religion
About 70% of the population of the county are Shia Azerbaijanis and 30% are Sunni Kurds.[3]
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the county's population was 89,356 in 20,911 households.[4] The following census in 2011 counted 91,113 people in 24,572 households.[5] The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 92,456 in 27,669 households.[6]
Administrative divisions
Shahin Dezh County's population history and administrative structure over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.
Shahin Dezh County PopulationAdministrative Divisions | 2006 | 2011 | 2016 |
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Central District | 68,286 | 71,081 | 73,179 |
| 12,396 | 10,606 | 9,182 |
| 7,899 | 8,220 | 7,755 |
| 7,970 | 7,179 | 6,245 |
Mahmudabad (city) | 5,817 | 6,680 | 6,866 |
Shahin Dezh (city) | 34,204 | 38,396 | 43,131 |
Keshavarz District | 21,070 | 20,032 | 19,277 |
| 6,353 | 5,470 | 4,986 |
| 11,179 | 10,658 | 10,153 |
Keshavarz (city) | 3,538 | 3,904 | 4,138 |
Total | 89,356 | 91,113 | 92,456 |
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See also
Notes and References
- ((OpenStreetMap contributors)) . Shahin Dezh County . . 19 February 2024 . 19 February 2024 . fa.
- Web site: Creation and establishment of two cities and several districts and annexation of several villages to Urmia city . fa . Research Center of the System of Laws of the Islamic Council of the Farabi Library of Mobile Users . https://web.archive.org/web/20140223223713/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/112504 . Ministry of Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board . Habibi . Hassan . 23 February 2014 . 24 September 1369 . 20 December 2023.
- https://pg.um.ac.ir/article_27149_6d52c5df41f1b9614f6bf07f4f753ddb.pdf Mashhad Ferdowsi University: تأثیر هویت مکانی بر توزیع فضایی رأی در حوزه انتخابیه میاندوآب، شاهیندژ و تکاب: در شهرستان شاهین دژ نسبت ترکیب جمعیت کرد ۳۰٪ و ترک ۷۰٪ و این ترکیب جمعیت در شهرستان تکاب ۳۵٪ به ۶۵٪ است.
- Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006) . 04 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 25 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110920094953/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/04.xls . Excel . 20 September 2011.
- Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011) . 04 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . Syracuse University . https://web.archive.org/web/20230120205939/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/West-Azerbaijan.xls . 20 January 2023. 19 December 2022 . Excel.
- Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016) . 04 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 19 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220830042935/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_04.xlsx . Excel . 30 August 2022.