Sabalan District

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'''Sabalan District''' ({{langx|fa|بخش سبلان}}) is in Sareyn County, Ardabil province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Irdemousa.<ref name="Sareyn County Establishment"> {{cite web |first=Parviz |last=Davoodi |author-link=Parviz Davoodi |orig-date={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|تاریخ تصویب}} (Approval date) 1388/03/03 (Iranian Jalali calendar) |date=14 May 2009  |script-title=fa:تصویب نامه در خصوص تقسیمات کشوری در استان اردبیل |trans-title=‌Approval regarding national divisions in Ardabil province |url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/135754 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250118165533/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/135754 |archive-date=18 January 2025 |access-date=18 June 2025 |website={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|لام تا کام}} [Lam ta Kam] |publisher={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|‌وزارت کشور}} [Ministry of the Interior] |agency={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|هیات وزیران}} [Council of Ministers] |language=fa |id={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|شناسه}} [ID] 8CA6796D-1A36-4FBB-BF61-6CDD8D649444.}}</ref>

==History== In 2009, Sareyn District was separated from Ardabil County in the establishment of Sareyn County, which was divided into two districts of two rural districts each, with Sareyn as its capital and only city at the time.<ref name="Sareyn County Establishment"/> The village of Irdemousa was converted to a city in 2018.<ref name="City Formation from Villages in Central Districts"> {{cite web |first=Abdolreza Rahmani |last=Fazli |author-link=Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli |orig-date={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|تاریخ تصویب}} (Approval date) 1397/05/07 (Iranian Jalali calendar) |date=29 July 2018  |script-title=fa:مصوبات وزارت کشورپیرامون تبدیل روستاهای مرکز بخش به شهر |trans-title=‌Approvals of the Ministry of the Interior regarding the transformation of villages in the center of the district into cities |url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/1072348 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207212447/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/1072348 |archive-date=7 December 2023 |access-date=18 June 2025 |website={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|لام تا کام}} [Lam ta Kam] |publisher={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|‌وزارت کشور}} [Ministry of the Interior] |agency={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|هیات وزیران}} [Council of Ministers] |language=fa |id={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|شماره ابلاغیه ۸۷۹۷۹}} [Notification Number 87979.}}</ref>

==Demographics== ===Population=== At the time of the 2011 National Census, the district's population was 5,169 people in 1,506 households.<ref name="2011 Ardabil Province"> {{cite web |script-title=fa:سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان اردبیل |trans-title=General Population and Housing Census 2011: Ardabil Province |language=fa |website=Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University |url=https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Ardabil.xls |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115211527/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Ardabil.xls |archive-date=15 January 2023 |agency={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|مرکز آمار ایران}} [Statistical Centre of Iran] |format=Excel |access-date=20 June 2025}}</ref> The 2016 census measured the population of the district as 4,895 inhabitants living in 1,459 households.<ref name="2016 Ardabil Province"> {{cite web |script-title=fa:سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان اردبیل |trans-title=General Population and Housing Census 2016: Ardabil Province |language=fa |website={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|مرکز آمار ایران}} [Statistical Centre of Iran] |url=https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_24.xlsx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322123220/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_24.xlsx |archive-date=22 March 2019 |format=Excel |access-date=20 June 2025}}</ref>

===Administrative divisions=== {| class="wikitable" |+ Sabalan District Population |- ! Administrative Divisions !! 2011<ref name="2011 Ardabil Province"/> !! 2016<ref name="2016 Ardabil Province"/> |- | Arjestan RD || style="text-align: right;"| 3,269 || style="text-align: right;"| 3,097 |- | Sabalan RD || style="text-align: right;"| 1,900 || style="text-align: right;"| 1,798 |- | Irdemousa (city){{efn|Became a city after the 2016 census<ref name="City Formation from Villages in Central Districts"/>}} || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| |- | '''Total''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''5,169''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''4,895''' |- | colspan=3 | {{small|RD {{=}} Rural District}} |}

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Category:Districts of Ardabil province

Category:Populated places in Sareyn County

Category:2009 establishments in Iran

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