Kharqan District

{{distinguish|Kharqan Rural District (disambiguation){{!}}Kharqan Rural District}}

{{Infobox settlement |name = Kharqan District |native_name = {{langx|fa|بخش خرقان}} |native_name_lang = fa |settlement_type = [[Bakhsh (administrative division)|District]] |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|35|22|20|N|49|53|12|E|dim:30km|display=inline,title}} |coordinates_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite map |author=((OpenStreetMap contributors)) |url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=35.372222&mlon=49.886667&zoom=11#map=11/35.3722/49.8867|website=[[OpenStreetMap]] |title=Kharqan District (Zarandiyeh County)|date=5 January 2025|access-date=5 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 = [[Zarandiyeh County|Zarandiyeh]] |established_title = |established_date = |founder = |seat_type = Capital |seat = [[Razeqan]] |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = |leader_name1 = |unit_pref = Metric   |area_footnotes =  |area_total_km2 = |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = |population_footnotes = <ref name="2016 Markazi Province"/> |population_as_of = 2016 |population_total = 10055 |population_density_km2 = auto |population_note = |population_demonym = |timezone = [[Iran Standard Time|IRST]] |utc_offset = +3:30 |postal_code = |area_code = |website =  |module = |footnotes = }}

'''Kharqan District''' ({{langx|fa|بخش خرقان}}) is in [[Zarandiyeh County]], [[Markazi province|Markazi]] province, [[Iran]].<ref name="Komijan and Zarandiyeh Counties Establishment">{{cite report|title=Correction of divisional reforms in Markazi province|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/122673|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118153546/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/122673|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Board|last=Aref|first=Mohammad Reza|archive-date=18 January 2024|date=c. 2024|orig-date=Approved 29 October 1381|id=Notification 47188-25583|access-date=18 January 2024}}</ref> Its capital is the city of [[Razeqan]].<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>

==Demographics== ===Population=== At the time of the 2006 National Census, the district's population was 9,276 in 2,726 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 7,809 people in 2,433 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 district as 10,055 inhabitants in 3,389 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=== {| class="wikitable" |+ Kharqan District Population |- ! Administrative Divisions !! 2006<ref name="2006 Markazi Province"/> !! 2011<ref name="2011 Markazi Province"/> !! 2016<ref name="2016 Markazi Province"/> |- | [[Alishar Rural District|Alishar RD]] || style="text-align: right;"| 2,349 || style="text-align: right;"| 2,093 || style="text-align: right;"| 1,969 |- | [[Alvir Rural District|Alvir RD]] || style="text-align: right;"| 3,187 || style="text-align: right;"| 2,110 || style="text-align: right;"| 3,463 |- | [[Duzaj Rural District|Duzaj RD]] || style="text-align: right;"| 3,314 || style="text-align: right;"| 3,109 || style="text-align: right;"| 3,797 |- | [[Razeqan]] (city) || style="text-align: right;"| 426 || style="text-align: right;"| 497 || style="text-align: right;"| 826 |- | '''Total''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''9,276''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''7,809''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''10,055''' |- | colspan=4 | {{small|RD {{=}} Rural District}} |}

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

== References == {{reflist}}

[[Category:Districts of Markazi province]]

[[Category:Populated places in Zarandieh County]]