Farahan County

{{distinguish|Faridan County|Fariman County|Farsan County|Farahan District}}{{for|the village in Khuzestan province|Farahan Kabar}}

{{Infobox settlement |name = Farahan County |other_name = |native_name = {{langx|fa|شهرستان فراهان}} |settlement_type = [[Counties of Iran|County]] |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_map = Markazi.svg | image_map1 = IranMarkazi-SVG.svg | map_caption = Location of Farahan County in Markazi province (center, pink) | 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 = [[Farmahin]] |parts_type = [[Bakhsh (administrative division)|Districts]] | parts_style = para | parts = | p1 = [[Central District (Farahan County)|Central]] | p2 = [[Khenejin District|Khenejin]] | p3 = | 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 = 28994 |population_density_km2 = |coordinates = {{Coord|34|38|N|49|39|E|dim:30km|display=inline,title}} |coordinates_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite map |author=((OpenStreetMap contributors)) |url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=34.633333&mlon=49.65&zoom=11#map=11/34.6333/49.6500|website=[[OpenStreetMap]] |title=Farahan County|date=4 January 2025|access-date=4 January 2025|lang=fa}}</ref> |timezone = [[Iran Standard Time|IRST]] |utc_offset = +3:30 |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = |website = |footnotes = }}

'''Farahan County''' ({{langx|fa|شهرستان فراهان}}){{efn|Also [[romanize]]d as '''Ŝahrestāne Farāhān'''}} is in [[Markazi province|Markazi]] province, Iran. Its capital is the city of [[Farmahin]].<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>

==History== After the 2006 National Census, [[Khenejin Rural District]] was separated from [[Komijan County]], and [[Farahan District]] from [[Tafresh County]], in the establishment of Farahan County, which was divided into two districts of two rural districts each, with Farmahin as its capital and only city at the time.<ref name="Markazi Province Reforms 7807"/> After the 2016 census, the village of [[Talkh Ab, Markazi|Talkh Ab]] was elevated to the status of a city.<ref name="Talkh Ab City">{{cite report|title=Approval regarding the conversion of Talkh Ab village, Farahan County, Markazi province into a city|language=fa|website=sdil.ac.ir|via=Shahr Danesh Legal Research Institute|url=https://sdil.ac.ir/آخرین-مصوبات-هیئت-دولت-دهه-سوم-آبان-۹/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322062140/https://sdil.ac.ir/آخرین-مصوبات-هیئت-دولت-دهه-سوم-آبان-۹/|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Cabinet of Ministers|last=Jahangiri|first=Ishaq|archive-date=22 March 2023|orig-date=Approved 27 August 1397|id=Proposals 137387 and 205903; Notification 107815/T55042AH|date=5 December 2018|access-date=28 January 2025}}</ref>

==Demographics== ===Language=== The majority of the county’s population are Persians who speak the Persian language.<ref>{{Cite web |last=فنی |first=پشتیبانی |title=شهرستان فراهان |url=https://www.icmr.ir/en/markazi-province/county/farahan |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230601132050/https://www.icmr.ir/en/markazi-province/county/farahan |archive-date=2023-06-01 |access-date=2026-05-25 |website=www.icmr.ir |language=en-gb}}</ref>

===Population=== At the time of the 2011 census, the county's population was 30,042 people in 9,535 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 28,994 in 9,744 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===

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

{| class="wikitable" |+ Farahan County Population |- ! Administrative Divisions !! 2011<ref name="2011 Markazi Province"/> !! 2016<ref name="2016 Markazi Province"/> |- | '''[[Central District (Farahan County)|Central District]]''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''17,118''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''16,237''' |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Farmahin Rural District|Farmahin RD]] || style="text-align: right;"| 10,158 || style="text-align: right;"| 7,845 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Feshk Rural District|Feshk RD]] || style="text-align: right;"| 2,663 || style="text-align: right;"| 2,636 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Farmahin]] (city) || style="text-align: right;"| 4,297 || style="text-align: right;"| 5,756 |- | '''[[Khenejin District]]''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''12,924''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''12,757''' |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Khenejin Rural District|Khenejin RD]] || style="text-align: right;"| 5,897 || style="text-align: right;"| 2,838 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Talkh Ab Rural District|Talkh Ab RD]] || style="text-align: right;"| 7,027 || style="text-align: right;"| 6,684 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Khenejin]] (city) || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| 3,235 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Talkh Ab, Markazi|Talkh Ab]] (city){{efn|Became a city after the 2016 census<ref name="Talkh Ab City"/>}} || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| |- | '''Total''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''30,042''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''28,994''' |- | colspan=3 | {{small|RD {{=}} Rural District}} |}

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[[Category:Farahan County]]

[[Category:Counties of Markazi province]]