Shazand County

{{Infobox settlement |name = Shazand County |other_name = |native_name = {{langx|fa|شهرستان شازند}} |settlement_type = [[Counties of Iran|County]] |image_skyline = نمایی از عبور قطار از شهر شازند.jpg |imagesize = |image_caption = [[Shazand]] | image_map = Markazi.svg | image_map1 = IranMarkazi-SVG.svg | map_caption = Location of Shazand County in Markazi province (bottom left, purple) | map_caption1 = Location of Markazi province in Iran |pushpin_map = |pushpin_label_position = |pushpin_map_caption = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = [[Iran]] |subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Iran|Province]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Markazi province|Markazi]] |seat_type = Capital |seat = [[Shazand]] |parts_type = [[Bakhsh (administrative division)|Districts]] | parts_style = para | parts = | p1 = [[Central District (Shazand County)|Central]] | p2 = [[Mohajeran District|Mahajeran]] | p3 = [[Qarah Kahriz District|Qarah Kahriz]] | p4 = [[Sarband District (Iran)|Sarband]] | p5 = [[Zalian District|Zalian]] |leader_title = |leader_name = |established_title = |established_date = |area_total_km2 = |population_as_of = 2016 |population_footnotes = <ref name="2016 Markazi Province"/> |population_total = 117571 |population_density_km2 = |coordinates = {{coord|33|54|N|49|20|E|dim:30km|display=inline,title}} |coordinates_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite map |author=((OpenStreetMap contributors)) |url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=33.9&mlon=49.333333&zoom=11#map=11/33.9000/49.3333|website=[[OpenStreetMap]] |title=Shazand County|date=4 January 2025|access-date=4 January 2025|lang=fa}}</ref> |timezone = [[Iran Standard Time|IRST]] |utc_offset = +3:30 |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = |website = |footnotes = {{GEOnet3|9207314}} }}

'''Shazand County''' ({{langx|fa|شهرستان شازند}}){{efn|Formerly '''Sarband County''' (شهرستان سربند)<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>}} is in [[Markazi province|Markazi]] province, Iran. Its capital is the city of [[Shazand]].<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>

==History== After the 2006 National Census, [[Kazzaz Rural District]] was created in the [[Central District (Shazand County)|Central District]], and [[Qarah Kahriz Rural District|Qarah Kahriz]] and [[Kuhsar Rural District (Shazand County)|Kuhsar]] Rural Districts were separated from it in the establishment of [[Qarah Kahriz District]].<ref name="Qarah Kahriz District Formation">{{cite report|title=Establishment of Kazzaz Rural District and Qarah Kahriz District under the jurisdiction of Shazand County|language=fa|website=qavanin.ir|via=qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/?IDS=12001943493631282973 (Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran)|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political Defense Commission of the Government Board|date=c. 2010|orig-date=Approved 25 January 1389|quote=1- Kazzaz Rural District is annexed to the center of Qadamgah village...under the jurisdiction of the Central District of Shazand County... 2- Qarah Kahriz District shall be established with the village of Bazneh as its center, including the rural districts of Kuhsar and Qarah Kahriz under the jurisdiction of Shazand County in Markazi province...}}</ref> The village of [[Mohajeran, Markazi|Mohajeran]] was elevated to the status of a city.<ref name="Mohajeran City">{{cite web|title=The history of the city|language=fa|website=mohajerancity.ir|via=Mohajeran City Portal|url=http://mohajerancity.ir/fa-IR/mohajerancity/4626/page/%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%87-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AE%DB%8C-%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220915142710/http://mohajerancity.ir/fa-IR/mohajerancity/4626/page/%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%87-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AE%DB%8C-%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1|archive-date=15 September 2022|date=24 September 1401|access-date=23 March 2024|url-status=dead}}</ref> After the 2011 census, the village of Hafteh and Bazneh was elevated to city status as [[Shahbaz, Iran|Shahbaz]].<ref name="Three Markazi Cities">{{cite web|title=Carrying out national divisions in Markazi province|language=fa|website=qavanin.ir|via=Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran|url=https://qavanin.ir/Law/PrintText/189036|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230901171220/https://qavanin.ir/Law/PrintText/189036|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political and Defense Commission|last=Rahimi|first=Mohammad Reza|archive-date=1 September 2023|date=c. 2023|orig-date=Approved 4 May 1391|id=Proposals 125387/42/1/4 and 66009/42/1; Letter 158802/T38854H|access-date=1 September 2023}}</ref>

In 2024, the city of [[Mohajeran, Markazi|Mohajeran]] and 17 villages were separated from [[Zalian District]] in the formation of [[Mohajeran District]], including the new [[Khosbijan Rural District|Khosbijan]] and [[Mohajeran Rural District|Mohajeran]] Rural Districts.<ref name="Mohajeran 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=live}}</ref>

==Demographics== ===Population=== At the time of the 2006 census, the county's population was 118,789 in 31,228 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 117,746 people in 35,084 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 county as 117,571 in 38,214 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===

Shazand County's population history and administrative structure over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.

{| class="wikitable" |+ Shazand County Population |- ! Administrative Divisions !! 2006<ref name="2006 Markazi Province"/> !! 2011<ref name="2011 Markazi Province"/> !! 2016<ref name="2016 Markazi Province"/> |- | '''[[Central District (Shazand County)|Central District]]''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''61,632''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''47,737''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''45,840''' |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Astaneh Rural District (Shazand County)|Astaneh RD]] || style="text-align: right;"| 7,120 || style="text-align: right;"| 6,540 || style="text-align: right;"| 5,479 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Kazzaz Rural District|Kazzaz RD]] || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| 13,161 || style="text-align: right;"| 12,014 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Kuhsar RD || style="text-align: right;"| 3,150 || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Qarah Kahriz RD|| style="text-align: right;"| 25,040 || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Astaneh, Markazi|Astaneh]] (city) || style="text-align: right;"| 6,969 || style="text-align: right;"| 6,880 || style="text-align: right;"| 7,166 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Shazand]] (city) || style="text-align: right;"| 19,353 || style="text-align: right;"| 21,156 || style="text-align: right;"| 21,181 |- | '''[[Mohajeran District]]'''{{efn|name=fn1|Established after the 2016 census<ref name="Mohajeran District Formation" />}} || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Khosbijan Rural District|Khosbijan RD]]{{efn|name=fn1}} || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Mohajeran Rural District|Mohajeran RD]]{{efn|name=fn1}} || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Mohajeran, Markazi|Mohajeran]] (city) || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| |- | '''[[Qarah Kahriz District]]''' || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| '''19,120''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''18,119''' |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Kuhsar Rural District (Shazand County)|Kuhsar RD]] || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| 2,611 || style="text-align: right;"| 2,088 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Qarah Kahriz Rural District|Qarah Kahriz RD]] || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| 16,509 || style="text-align: right;"| 8,495 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Shahbaz, Iran|Shahbaz]] (city){{efn|Formerly the village of [[Shahbaz, Iran|Hafteh and Bazneh]]<ref name="Three Markazi Cities"/>}} || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| 7,536 |- | '''[[Sarband District (Iran)|Sarband District]]'''{{efn|Formerly [[Sarband District|Hendudar District]]<ref name="Kermanshah and Markazi Reforms"/>}} || style="text-align: right;"| '''14,492''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''12,076''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''10,214''' |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Hendudar Rural District|Hendudar RD]]{{efn|Formerly [[Hendudar Rural District|Sarband Rural District]]<ref name="Kermanshah and Markazi Reforms"/>}} || style="text-align: right;"| 8,608 || style="text-align: right;"| 6,784 || style="text-align: right;"| 5,665 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Malmir Rural District|Malmir RD]] || style="text-align: right;"| 4,021 || style="text-align: right;"| 3,189 || style="text-align: right;"| 2,631 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Hendudar]] (city) || style="text-align: right;"| 1,863 || style="text-align: right;"| 2,103 || style="text-align: right;"| 1,918 |- | '''[[Zalian District]]''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''42,665''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''38,813''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''43,398''' |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Nahr-e Mian Rural District|Nahr-e Mian RD]]{{efn|Formerly [[Nahr-e Mian Rural District|Zalian Rural District]]<ref name="Markazi Province Reforms 112814">{{cite report|title=Approval of reforms in the villages of Markazi province|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/112814|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118163014/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/112814|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Board|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|archive-date=18 January 2024|date=c. 2024|orig-date=Approved 26 February 1369|id=Proposal 14034.1.5.53; Notification 40520/T37K|access-date=18 January 2024}}</ref>}} || style="text-align: right;"| 9,741 || style="text-align: right;"| 8,945 || style="text-align: right;"| 8,245 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Pol-e Doab Rural District|Pol-e Doab RD]] || style="text-align: right;"| 27,846 || style="text-align: right;"| 12,836 || style="text-align: right;"| 10,752 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Zalian Rural District|Zalian RD]] || style="text-align: right;"| 2,911 || style="text-align: right;"| 2,408 || style="text-align: right;"| 1,753 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" |[[ Mohajeran]] (city) || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| 12,293 || style="text-align: right;"| 20,346 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Tureh]] (city) || style="text-align: right;"| 2,167 || style="text-align: right;"| 2,331 || style="text-align: right;"| 2,302 |- | '''Total''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''118,789''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''117,746''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''117,571''' |- | colspan=4 | {{small|RD {{=}} Rural District}} |}

==See also== {{Commons-inline}}

== Notes == {{notelist}}

==References== {{reflist}}

[[Category:Shazand County]]

[[Category:Counties of Markazi province]]