Khenejin District

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'''Khenejin District''' ({{langx|fa|بخش خنجین}}) is in [[Farahan County]], [[Markazi province|Markazi province, Iran]]. Its capital is the city of [[Khenejin]].<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 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/%D8%A2%D8%AE%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%87%DB%8C%D8%A6%D8%AA-%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AA-%D8%AF%D9%87%D9%87-%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85-%D8%A2%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86-%DB%B9/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322062140/https://sdil.ac.ir/%D8%A2%D8%AE%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%87%DB%8C%D8%A6%D8%AA-%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AA-%D8%AF%D9%87%D9%87-%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85-%D8%A2%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86-%DB%B9/|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|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Demographics== ===Population=== At the time of the 2011 census, the district's population was 12,924 people in 3,842 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 12,757 inhabitants in 4,059 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" |+ Khenejin District Population |- ! Administrative Divisions !! 2011<ref name="2011 Markazi Province"/> !! 2016<ref name="2016 Markazi Province"/> |- | [[Khenejin Rural District|Khenejin RD]] || style="text-align: right;"| 5,897 || style="text-align: right;"| 2,838 |- | [[Talkh Ab Rural District|Talkh Ab RD]] || style="text-align: right;"| 7,027 || style="text-align: right;"| 6,684 |- | [[Khenejin]] (city) || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| 3,235 |- | [[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;"| '''12,924''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''12,757''' |- | colspan=3 | {{small|RD {{=}} Rural District}} |}

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

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[[Category:Districts of Markazi province]]

[[Category:Populated places in Farahan County]]