{{Short description|Rural district in Markazi province, Iran}}
{{for multi|the village|Qareh Chay, Markazi{{!}}Qareh Chay|the administrative division of Arak County|Qareh Chay District|other places with a similar name|Qarah Chay (disambiguation){{!}}Qarah Chay}}
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{{Infobox settlement |name = Qareh Chay Rural District |native_name = {{langx|fa|دهستان قره چائ}} |native_name_lang = fa |settlement_type = [[Rural Districts of Iran|Rural 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|34|52|38|N|50|25|47|E|dim:15km|display=inline,title}} |coordinates_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite map |author=((OpenStreetMap contributors)) |url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=34.877222&mlon=50.429722&zoom=12#map=12/34.8772/50.4297|website=[[OpenStreetMap]] |title=Qareh Chay Rural District (Saveh County)|date=4 January 2025|access-date=4 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 = [[Saveh County|Saveh]] |subdivision_type3 = [[Bakhsh (administrative division)|District]] |subdivision_name3 = [[Central District (Saveh County)|Central]] |established_title = |established_date = |founder = |seat_type = Capital |seat = [[Harisan]] |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = |leader_name1 = |unit_pref = Metric <!-- ALL fields with measurements have automatic unit conversion --> <!-- for references: use <ref> tags --> |area_footnotes = <!-- square kilometers --> |area_total_km2 = |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = |population_footnotes = <ref name="2016 Markazi Province"/> |population_as_of = 2016 |population_total = 6056 |population_density_km2 = auto |population_note = |population_demonym = |timezone = [[Iran Standard Time|IRST]] |utc_offset = +3:30 |postal_code = |area_code = |website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> |module = |footnotes = }}
'''Qareh Chay Rural District''' ({{langx|fa|دهستان قره چائ}}) is in the [[Central District (Saveh County)|Central District]] of [[Saveh County]], [[Markazi province|Markazi]] province, [[Iran]].<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> Its capital is the village of [[Harisan]].<ref name="Saveh County Rural Districts">{{cite report|title=Creation and formation of 12 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Saveh County under Markazi province|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Islamic Parliament Research Center|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110366|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111018210334/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110366|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Board of Ministers|last=Mousavi|first=Mirhosein|archive-date=18 October 2011|date=27 July 2013|orig-date=Approved 18 May 1366|id=Proposal 53.1.11758; Notification 118754/T959|access-date=18 January 2024}}</ref>
==Demographics== ===Population=== At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district's population was 9,956 in 2,277 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> There were 9,665 inhabitants in 2,539 households at the following census of 2011.<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 rural district as 6,056 in 1,716 households. The most populous of its 36 villages was [[Qareh Chay, Markazi|Qareh Chay]], with 745 people.<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}}
== References == {{reflist}}
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{{Markazi Province|state=collapsed}}
{{Saveh County|state=collapsed}}
[[Category:Rural Districts of Markazi province]]
[[Category:Populated places in Saveh County]]
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