Khurheh, Markazi

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'''Khurheh''' ({{langx|fa|خورهه}}){{efn|Also [[romanize]]d as '''Khoorheh''', '''Khūrheh''', and '''Khvorheh'''; also known as '''Khowrhen''', '''Khūra''', '''Khūrreh''', and '''Kūrheh'''<ref>{{GEOnet3|-3071449|Khurheh}}</ref>}} is a village in, and the capital of, [[Khurheh Rural District]] of the [[Central District (Mahallat County)|Central District]] of [[Mahallat County]], [[Markazi province|Markazi]] province, [[Iran]].<ref name="Mahallat County Rural Districts">{{cite report|title=Creation and establishment of two rural districts including villages, places and fields in Mahallat County under Markazi province|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/108037|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118212731/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/108037|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Board of Ministers|last=Mousavi|first=Mirhossein|archive-date=18 January 2024|date=c. 2024|orig-date=Approved 18 May 1365|id=Proposal 11740.1.5.53|access-date=18 January 2024}}</ref>

Khurheh is {{convert|12|miles}} north of [[Mahallat]], [[Markazi province]] of [[Iran]], with historical buildings believed to be of [[Parthian Empire|Parthian]] period.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|last=Kleiss |first=Wolfram |title=COLUMNS |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Iranica |access-date=2009-10-01 |url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/columns-one-of-several-kinds-of-upright-load-bearing-architectural-members-encompassed-along-with-piers-in-the-term-sotun |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429174943/http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/columns-one-of-several-kinds-of-upright-load-bearing-architectural-members-encompassed-along-with-piers-in-the-term-sotun |archive-date=2011-04-29 }}</ref> This site was first excavated by [[Naser al-Din Shah Qajar]], on a treasure hunt. It also has an inscription on a rock that date to [[Great Seljuq Empire|Seljuq Empire]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.iranchto.ir/Webforms/Fa/Heritage/HeritageInfo.aspx?ID=3348 |title=Cultural Heritage Organization of Iran website(In Persian) |access-date=2009-10-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722014800/http://www.iranchto.ir/Webforms/Fa/Heritage/HeritageInfo.aspx?ID=3348 |archive-date=2011-07-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Demographics== ===Population=== At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 627 in 224 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 429 people in 170 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 village as 425 people in 188 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.<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>

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

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[[Category:Populated places in Mahallat County]]