Arak County

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{{Infobox settlement |name = Arak County |other_name = |native_name = {{langx|fa|شهرستان اراک}} |settlement_type = [[Counties of Iran|County]] |image_skyline = Mehr Hall of Bazaar of Arak.jpg |imagesize = |image_caption = [[Bazaar of Arak]] | image_map = Markazi.svg | image_map1 = IranMarkazi-SVG.svg | map_caption = Location of Arak County in Markazi province (bottom center, green) | map_caption1 = Location of Markazi province in Iran |pushpin_map = |pushpin_label_position = |pushpin_map_caption = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = [[Iran]] |subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Iran|Province]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Markazi province|Markazi]] |seat_type = Capital |seat = [[Arak, Iran|Arak]] |parts_type = [[Bakhsh (administrative division)|Districts]] | parts_style = para | parts = | p1 = [[Central District (Arak County)|Central]] | p2 = [[Masumiyeh District|Masumiyeh]] | p3 = [[Saruq District|Saruq]] | p4 = | p5 = | p6 = |leader_title = |leader_name = |established_title = |established_date = |area_total_km2 = |population_as_of = 2016 |population_footnotes = <ref name="2016 Markazi Province"/> |population_total = 591756 |population_density_km2 = |coordinates = {{coord|34|08|42|N|49|51|00|E|dim:45km|display=inline,title}} |coordinates_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite map |author=((OpenStreetMap contributors)) |url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=34.145&mlon=49.85&zoom=10#map=10/34.1450/49.8500|website=[[OpenStreetMap]] |title=Arak County|date=3 January 2025|access-date=3 January 2025|lang=fa}}</ref> |timezone = [[Iran Standard Time|IRST]] |utc_offset = +3:30 |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = |website = |footnotes = {{GEOnet3|9207282}} }}

'''Arak County''' ({{langx|fa|شهرستان اراک}}) is in [[Markazi province|Markazi]] province, Iran. Its capital is the city of [[Arak, Iran|Arak]].<ref name="Markazi Province Structure">{{cite report|title=Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of Markazi province's divisions to the citizenship of Arak city|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/113046|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118143614/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/113046|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political Commission of Defense of the Government Board|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|archive-date=18 January 2024|date=c. 2024|orig-date=Approved 21 June 1369|id=Proposal 3233.1.5.53; Notification 84900/T123K|access-date=18 January 2024}}</ref>{{efn|Formerly [[Arak, Iran|Soltanabad]]<ref name="Soltanabad Renamed Arak">{{cite web|title=Central province and the necessity of changing the name|language=fa|website=tabnak.ir|url=https://www.tabnak.ir/fa/news/145393/-استــان-مرکزی-و-ضرورت-تغییر-نام|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110209154529/https://www.tabnak.ir/fa/news/145393/-استــان-مرکزی-و-ضرورت-تغییر-نام|last=Mirsanjari|first=Mir Mehrdad|archive-date=9 February 2011|date=5 February 2011|access-date=3 January 2025}}</ref>}}

==History== After the 2006 National Census, [[Khondab District]] was separated from the county in the establishment of [[Khondab County]].<ref name="Khondab County Establishment">{{cite report|title=Approval letter regarding the reforms of country divisions in Markazi province|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/134985|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119010014/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/134985|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Board|last=Davodi|first=Parviz|archive-date=19 January 2024|date=c. 2024|orig-date=Approved 29 July 1386|id=Proposal 149/42/4/1; Letter 58538/T26118H; Notification 158919/T32725K|access-date=19 January 2024}}</ref> [[Masumiyeh Rural District|Masumiyeh]] and [[Moshkabad Rural District|Moshkabad]] Rural Districts were separated from the [[Central District (Arak County)|Central District]] in the formation of [[Masumiyeh District]], and the village of [[Karchan, Markazi|Karchan]] was elevated to the status of a city. [[Saruq Rural District (Arak County)|Saruq Rural District]] was also separated from the Central District to form [[Saruq District]], including the new [[Mashhad ol Kubeh Rural District]]. [[Hajjiabad Rural District]] was created in the Central District,<ref name="Markazi Province Reforms 7807">{{cite report|title=Approval letter of reforms and divisional changes in Markazi province|language=fa|website=solh.ir|via=Iranian Knowledge Authority, Iranian Legal Authority (Civilika)|url=https://www.solh.ir/regulation/5/7807|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119003620/https://www.solh.ir/regulation/5/7807|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Board of Ministers|last=Rahimi|first=Mohammad Reza|archive-date=19 January 2024|date=c. 2024|orig-date=Approved 11 November 1388|id=Proposal 163364/42/4/1|access-date=19 January 2024}}</ref> and the village of [[Saruq, Markazi|Saruq]] became a city.<ref name="Saruq City">{{cite report|title=Approval letter regarding the conversion of Saruq village, the center of Saruq District of Arak County in Markazi province, to a city|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/136023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119203621/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/136023|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political and Defense Commission|last=Rahimi|first=Mohammad Reza|archive-date=19 January 2024|date=c. 2024|orig-date=Approved 29 July 1388|id=Proposal 7318/4/1/42; Letter 158802/T38854H; Notification 174778/T42437K|access-date=19 January 2024}}</ref>

After the 2011 census, the cities of [[Karahrud]] and [[Senjan]] were merged with the city of [[Arak, Iran|Arak]].<ref name="Karahrud and Senjan">{{cite report|title=Approval letter regarding national divisions in Markazi province|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Islamic Parliament Research Center|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/840807|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208123247/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/840807|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|last=Rahimi|first=Mohammad Reza|archive-date=8 December 2015|date=17 December 2014|orig-date=Approved 17 January 1392|id=Proposal 11016/42/4/1; Letter 158802/T38854H; Notification 4076/T48686K|access-date=29 August 2023}}</ref>

==Demographics== ===Population=== At the time of the 2006 census, the county's population was 602,971 in 165,955 households.<ref name="2006 Markazi Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Markazi Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/00.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920084413/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/00.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}}</ref> The following census in 2011 counted 599,634 people in 182,749 households.<ref name="2011 Markazi Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Markazi Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=irandataportal.syr.edu|via=Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University|url=https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Markazi.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230119170600/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Markazi.xls|archive-date=19 January 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}}</ref> The 2016 census measured the population of the county as 591,756 in 188,180 households.<ref name="2016 Markazi Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Markazi Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_00.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017052005/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_00.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=17 October 2020}}</ref>

===Administrative divisions===

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

{| class="wikitable" |+ Arak County Population |- ! Administrative Divisions !! 2006<ref name="2006 Markazi Province"/> !! 2011<ref name="2011 Markazi Province"/> !! 2016<ref name="2016 Markazi Province"/> |- | '''[[Central District (Arak County)|Central District]]''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''543,859''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''571,933''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''565,357''' |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Amanabad Rural District|Amanabad RD]] || style="text-align: right;"| 4,682 || style="text-align: right;"| 4,205 || style="text-align: right;"| 4,108 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Amiriyeh Rural District|Amiriyeh RD]] || style="text-align: right;"| 7,532 || style="text-align: right;"| 8,664 || style="text-align: right;"| 7,379 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Davudabad Rural District|Davudabad RD]] || style="text-align: right;"| 3,039 || style="text-align: right;"| 2,522 || style="text-align: right;"| 2,748 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Hajjiabad Rural District|Hajjiabad RD]] || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| 5,127 || style="text-align: right;"| 4,699 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Mashhad-e Miqan Rural District|Mashhad-e Miqan RD]] || style="text-align: right;"| 8,830 || style="text-align: right;"| 5,444 || style="text-align: right;"| 6,963 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Masumiyeh RD|| style="text-align: right;"| 11,453 || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Moshkabad RD|| style="text-align: right;"| 7,339 || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Saruq RD || style="text-align: right;"| 8,410 || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Sedeh Rural District (Arak County)|Sedeh RD]] || style="text-align: right;"| 8,724 || style="text-align: right;"| 8,966 || style="text-align: right;"| 8,103 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Shamsabad Rural District (Arak County)|Shamsabad RD]] || style="text-align: right;"| 6,004 || style="text-align: right;"| 5,571 || style="text-align: right;"| 4,922 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Arak, Iran|Arak]] (city) || style="text-align: right;"| 438,338 || style="text-align: right;"| 484,212 || style="text-align: right;"| 520,944 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Davudabad]] (city) || style="text-align: right;"| 5,517 || style="text-align: right;"| 5,252 || style="text-align: right;"| 5,491 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Karahrud]] (city){{efn|name=fn1|Merged with the city of [[Arak, Iran|Arak]]<ref name="Karahrud and Senjan"/>}} || style="text-align: right;"| 23,399 || style="text-align: right;"| 29,721 || style="text-align: right;"| |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Senjan]] (city){{efn|name=fn1}} || style="text-align: right;"| 10,592 || style="text-align: right;"| 12,249 || style="text-align: right;"| |- | '''[[Khondab District]]'''{{efn|Transferred to [[Khondab County]]<ref name="Khondab County Establishment"/>}} || style="text-align: right;"| '''59,112''' || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Deh Chal Rural District|Deh Chal RD]] || style="text-align: right;"| 9,583 || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Enaj Rural District|Enaj RD]] || style="text-align: right;"| 11,706 || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Javersiyan Rural District|Javersiyan RD]] || style="text-align: right;"| 13,045 || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Khondab Rural District|Khondab RD]] || style="text-align: right;"| 9,127 || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Sang Sefid Rural District|Sang Sefid RD]] || style="text-align: right;"| 8,669 || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Khondab]] (city) || style="text-align: right;"| 6,982 || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| |- | '''[[Masumiyeh District]]''' || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| '''16,373''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''15,889''' |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Masumiyeh Rural District|Masumiyeh RD]] || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;" | 5,859 || style="text-align: right;"| 5,697 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Moshkabad Rural District|Moshkabad RD]] || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;" | 6,762 || style="text-align: right;"| 6,449 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Karchan, Markazi|Karchan]] (city) || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| 3,752 || style="text-align: right;"| 3,743 |- | '''[[Saruq District]]''' || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| '''11,328''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''10,491''' |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Mashhad ol Kubeh Rural District|Mashhad ol Kubeh RD]] || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| 3,264 || style="text-align: right;"| 2,980 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Saruq Rural District (Arak County)|Saruq RD]] || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;" | 6,678 || style="text-align: right;"| 6,166 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Saruq, Markazi|Saruq]] (city) || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| 1,386 || style="text-align: right;"| 1,345 |- | '''Total''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''602,971''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''599,634''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''591,756''' |- | colspan=4 | {{small|RD {{=}} Rural District}} |}

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==See also== {{Commons-inline}}

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[[Category:Arak County]]

[[Category:Counties of Markazi province]]