Khosbijan

{{Infobox settlement |name = Khosbijan |native_name = {{langx|fa|خسبيجان}} |native_name_lang = fa |settlement_type = Village |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|07|20|N|49|22|32|E|dim:1km|display=inline,title}} |coordinates_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite map |author=((OpenStreetMap contributors)) |url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=34.122222&mlon=49.375556&zoom=15#map=15/34.12222/49.37556|website=[[OpenStreetMap]] |title=Khosbijan, Shazand County|date=4 February 2025|access-date=4 February 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 = [[Shazand County|Shazand]] |subdivision_type3 = [[Bakhsh (administrative division)|District]] |subdivision_name3 = [[Mahajeran District|Mahajeran]] |subdivision_type4 = [[Rural Districts of Iran|Rural District]] |subdivision_name4 = [[Khosbijan Rural District|Khosbijan]] |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="2016 Markazi Province"/> |population_as_of = 2016 |population_total = 475 |population_density_km2 = auto |population_note = |population_demonym = |timezone = [[Iran Standard Time|IRST]] |utc_offset = +3:30 |postal_code = |area_code = |website =  |module = |footnotes = }}

'''Khosbijan''' ({{langx|fa|خسبيجان}}){{efn|Also [[romanize]]d as '''Khosbījān'''; also known as '''Ḩosbījān-e Soflá''' and '''Khushbījān'''<ref>{{GEOnet3|-3071238|Khosbijan}}</ref>}} is a village in, and the capital of, [[Khosbijan Rural District]] in [[Mahajeran District]] of [[Shazand County]],{{efn|Formerly [[Shazand County|Sarband County]]<ref name="Kermanshah and Markazi Reforms">{{cite report|title=Divisional changes in Markazi and Kermanshah provinces|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/122012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118190318/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/122012|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 3 January 1381|id=Proposal 1.4.42.122173; Letter 58538/T26118; Notification 5189/T26220K|access-date=18 January 2024}}</ref>}} [[Markazi province|Markazi]] province, [[Iran]].<ref name="Mahajeran District Formation">{{cite report|title=Approval regarding national divisions in Shazand County, Markazi province|language=fa|website=sdil.ac.ir|via=Shahr Danesh Legal Research Institute|url=https://sdil.ac.ir/%D9%85%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%87%DB%8C%D8%A3%D8%AA-%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AA-%D8%AF%D9%87%D9%87-%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%85-%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B1-%DB%B1%DB%B4%DB%B0%DB%B3/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241009093909/https://sdil.ac.ir/%D9%85%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%87%DB%8C%D8%A3%D8%AA-%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AA-%D8%AF%D9%87%D9%87-%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%85-%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B1-%DB%B1%DB%B4%DB%B0%DB%B3/|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Cabinet of Ministers|last=Aref|first=Mohammad Reza|archive-date=9 October 2024|date=6 October 2024|orig-date=Approved 27 April 1403|id=Proposal 172576; Notification 77937/T62017AH|access-date=4 February 2025|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Demographics== ===Population=== At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 543 in 147 households, when it was in [[Pol-e Doab Rural District]] of [[Zalian 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 499 people in 161 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 475 people in 164 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>

In 2024, the city of [[Mahajeran, Markazi|Mahajeran]] and 17 villages were separated from [[Zalian District]] in the formation of [[Mahajeran District]], and [[Khosbijan Rural District]] was created in the new district.<ref name="Mahajeran District Formation"/>

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

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[[Category:Populated places in Shazand County]]