Karahrud

{{Infobox settlement |name = Karahrud |native_name = {{langx|fa|كرهرود}} |native_name_lang = fa |settlement_type = Neighborhood |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_alt = |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_alt = |image_seal = |seal_alt = |image_shield = |shield_alt = |etymology = |nickname = |motto = |image_map = |map_alt = |map_caption = |pushpin_map = Iran |pushpin_map_alt = |pushpin_map_caption = |pushpin_label_position = |coordinates = {{Coord|34|03|46|N|49|38|46|E|dim:1km|display=inline,title}} |coordinates_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite map |author=((OpenStreetMap contributors)) |url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=34.062778&mlon=49.646111&zoom=15#map=15/34.06278/49.64611|website=[[OpenStreetMap]] |title=Karahrud, Arak, Arak County|date=3 January 2025|access-date=3 January 2025|lang=fa}}</ref> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = [[Iran]] |subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Iran|Province]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Markazi province|Markazi]] |subdivision_type2 = [[Counties of Iran|County]] |subdivision_name2 = [[Arak County|Arak]] |subdivision_type3 = [[Bakhsh (administrative division)|District]] |subdivision_name3 = [[Central District (Arak County)|Central]] |subdivision_type4 = City |subdivision_name4 = [[Arak, Iran|Arak]] |established_title = |established_date = |founder = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = |leader_name1 = |unit_pref = Metric   |area_footnotes =  |area_total_km2 = |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = |population_footnotes = <ref name="2011 Markazi Province"/> |population_as_of = 2011 |population_total = 29721 |population_density_km2 = auto |population_note = |population_demonym = |timezone = [[Iran Standard Time|IRST]] |utc_offset = +3:30 |postal_code = |area_code = |website =  |module = |footnotes = }}

[[File:مجتمع_مسکونی_واقع_در_کرهرود_-_اراک_-_نقطه_ثبت_تصویر_34.059190,_49.638998_-_panoramio.jpg | thumb | right | Residential complex located in Karahrud]] '''Karahrud''' ({{langx|fa|كرهرود}}){{efn|Also [[romanize]]d as '''Karahrūd''' and '''Karehrūd'''; also known as '''Kararūt''' and '''Qara Rūd'''<ref>{{GEOnet3|-3069642}}</ref>}} is a neighborhood in the city of [[Arak, Iran|Arak]] in the [[Central District (Arak County)|Central District]] of [[Arak County]], [[Markazi province|Markazi]] province, Iran.

==Demographics== ===Population=== At the time of the 2006 National Census, Karahrud's population was 23,399 in 6,209 households, when it was a city in the Central District.<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 29,721 people in 8,782 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>

In 2013, Karahrud and the city of [[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>

==Notable people== Karahrud is the birthplace of [[Kurds|Kurdish]] historian and prince of [[Bitlis|Bidlîs]], [[Sharaf Khan Bidlisi]] (1543-ca. 1603).<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/bedlisi-saraf-al-din-khan-b | title=Welcome to Encyclopaedia Iranica }}</ref>

==See also== {{Portal-inline|Iran}} {{clear}}

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[[Category:Populated places in Arak County]]

[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Markazi province]]