Khondab County

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{{Infobox settlement |name = Khondab County |other_name = |native_name = {{langx|fa|شهرستان خنداب}} |settlement_type = [[Counties of Iran|County]] |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_map = Markazi.svg | image_map1 = IranMarkazi-SVG.svg | map_caption = Location of Khondab County in Markazi province (left, yellow) | 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 = [[Khondab]] |parts_type = [[Bakhsh (administrative division)|Districts]] | parts_style = para | parts = | p1 = [[Central District (Khondab County)|Central]] | p2 = [[Qareh Chay District|Qareh Chay]] | p3 = | p4 = | p5 = | p6 = |leader_title = |leader_name = |established_title = |established_date = |area_total_km2 = |population_as_of = 2016 |population_footnotes = |population_total = 54018 |population_density_km2 = |coordinates = {{coord|34|23|N|49|16|E|dim:24km|display=inline,title}} |coordinates_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite map |author=((OpenStreetMap contributors)) |url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=34.383333&mlon=49.266667&zoom=11#map=11/34.3833/49.2667|website=[[OpenStreetMap]] |title=Khondab 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 = }}

'''Khondab County''' ({{langx|fa|شهرستان خنداب}}) is in [[Markazi province|Markazi]] province, Iran. Its capital is the city of [[Khondab]].<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>

==History== After the 2006 National Census, [[Khondab District]] was separated from [[Arak County]] in the establishment of Khondab County, which was divided into two districts and five rural districts, with Khondab as its capital.<ref name="Khondab County Establishment"/>

==Demographics== ===Population=== At the time of the 2011 census, the county's population was 58,262 people in 16,669 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 54,018 in 16,792 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===

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

{| class="wikitable" |+ Khondab County Population |- ! Administrative Divisions !! 2011<ref name="2011 Markazi Province"/> !! 2016<ref name="2016 Markazi Province"/> |- | '''[[Central District (Khondab County)|Central District]]''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''25,565''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''24,146''' |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Deh Chal Rural District|Deh Chal RD]] || style="text-align: right;"| 8,747 || style="text-align: right;"| 7,382 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Khondab Rural District|Khondab RD]] || style="text-align: right;"| 9,065 || style="text-align: right;"| 8,954 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Khondab]] (city) || style="text-align: right;"| 7,753 || style="text-align: right;"| 7,810 |- | '''[[Qareh Chay District]]''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''32,697''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''29,872''' |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Enaj Rural District|Enaj RD]] || style="text-align: right;"| 11,224 || style="text-align: right;"| 9,956 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Javersiyan Rural District|Javersiyan RD]]{{efn|Formerly [[Javersiyan Rural District|Shara Rural District]]<ref name="Markazi Province Reforms 112814">{{cite report|title=Approval of reforms in the villages of Markazi province|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/112814|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118163014/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/112814|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Board|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|archive-date=18 January 2024|date=c. 2024|orig-date=Approved 26 February 1369|id=Proposal 14034.1.5.53; Notification 40520/T37K|access-date=18 January 2024}}</ref>}} || style="text-align: right;"| 8,178 || style="text-align: right;"| 7,098 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Sang Sefid Rural District|Sang Sefid RD]] || style="text-align: right;"| 8,569 || style="text-align: right;"| 7,825 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Javersiyan]] (city) || style="text-align: right;"| 4,726 || style="text-align: right;"| 4,993 |- | '''Total''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''58,262''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''54,018''' |- | colspan=3 | {{small|RD {{=}} Rural District}} |}

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

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[[Category:Khondab County]]

[[Category:Counties of Markazi province]]