Saruq District

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'''Saruq District''' ({{langx|fa|بخش ساروق}}) is in [[Arak County]], [[Markazi province|Markazi]] province, [[Iran]]. Its capital is the city of [[Saruq, Markazi|Saruq]].<ref name="Markazi Province Reforms 7807">{{cite report|title=Approval letter of reforms and divisional changes in Markazi province|language=fa|website=solh.ir|via=Iranian Knowledge Authority, Iranian Legal Authority (Civilika)|url=https://www.solh.ir/regulation/5/7807|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119003620/https://www.solh.ir/regulation/5/7807|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Board of Ministers|last=Rahimi|first=Mohammad Reza|archive-date=19 January 2024|date=c. 2024|orig-date=Approved 11 November 1388|id=Proposal 163364/42/4/1|access-date=19 January 2024}}</ref>

==History== After the 2006 National Census, [[Saruq Rural District (Arak County)|Saruq Rural District]] was separated from the [[Central District (Arak County)|Central District]] in the formation of Saruq District.<ref name="Markazi Province Reforms 7807"/>

==Demographics== ===Population=== At the time of the 2011 census, the district's population was 11,328 people in 3,427 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 district as 10,491 inhabitants in 3,373 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=== {| class="wikitable" |+ Saruq District Population |- ! Administrative Divisions !! 2011<ref name="2011 Markazi Province"/> !! 2016<ref name="2016 Markazi Province"/> |- | [[Mashhad ol Kubeh Rural District|Mashhad ol Kubeh RD]] || style="text-align: right;"| 3,264 || style="text-align: right;"| 2,980 |- | [[Saruq Rural District (Arak County)|Saruq RD]] || style="text-align: right;"| 6,678 || style="text-align: right;"| 6,166 |- | [[Saruq, Markazi|Saruq]] (city) || style="text-align: right;"| 1,386 || style="text-align: right;"| 1,345 |- | '''Total''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''11,328''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''10,491''' |- | colspan=3 | {{small|RD {{=}} Rural District}} |}

==See also== {{clear}}

== References == {{reflist}}

[[Category:Districts of Markazi province]]

[[Category:Populated places in Arak County]]