Zalian District

{{Infobox settlement |name = Zalian District |native_name = {{langx|fa|بخش زالیان}} |native_name_lang = fa |settlement_type = [[Bakhsh (administrative division)|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|00|57|N|49|13|28|E|dim:21km|display=inline,title}} |coordinates_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite map |author=((OpenStreetMap contributors)) |url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=34.015833&mlon=49.224444&zoom=11#map=11/34.0158/49.2244|website=[[OpenStreetMap]] |title=Zalian District (Shazand County)|date=5 January 2025|access-date=5 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 = [[Shazand County|Shazand]] |established_title = |established_date = |founder = |seat_type = Capital |seat = [[Tureh]] |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 = 43398 |population_density_km2 = auto |population_note = |population_demonym = |timezone = [[Iran Standard Time|IRST]] |utc_offset = +3:30 |postal_code = |area_code = |website =  |module = |footnotes = }}

'''Zalian District''' ({{langx|fa|بخش زالیان}}) is in [[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="Markazi Province Reforms 116754">{{cite report|title=Reforms of country divisions within Markazi province|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Islamic Parliament Research Center|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/116754|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806181712/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/116754|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Board|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|archive-date=6 August 2012|date=16 May 1391|orig-date=Approved 12 May 1375|id=Proposal 1.4.42.8153; Notification 12491/T17345K|access-date=18 January 2024}}</ref> Its capital is the city of [[Tureh]].<ref name="Tureh City">{{cite report|title=Tureh village, the center of Zalian District, of Shazand County in Markazi province, is recognized as the city of Tureh|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/125915|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118195254/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/125915|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 5 May 1382|id=Proposal 1.4.42.19551; Letter 58538-26118; Notification 22143/T28724K|access-date=18 January 2024}}</ref>

==History== After the 2006 National Census, the village of [[Mahajeran, Markazi|Mahajeran]] was elevated to the status of a city.<ref name="Mahajeran 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> In 2024, the city of [[Mahajeran, Markazi|Mahajeran]] and 17 villages were separated from the district in the formation of [[Mahajeran District]].<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=live}}</ref>

==Demographics== ===Population=== At the time of the 2006 census, the district's population was 42,665 in 11,108 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 38,813 people in 11,315 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 43,398 inhabitants in 13,766 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" |+ Zalian District Population |- ! Administrative Divisions !! 2006<ref name="2006 Markazi Province"/> !! 2011<ref name="2011 Markazi Province"/> !! 2016<ref name="2016 Markazi Province"/> |- | [[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 |- | [[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 |- | [[Zalian Rural District|Zalian RD]] || style="text-align: right;"| 2,911 || style="text-align: right;"| 2,408 || style="text-align: right;"| 1,753 |- | [[Mahajeran, Markazi|Mahajeran]] (city){{efn|Transferred to [[Mahajeran District]] after the 2016 census<ref name="Mahajeran District Formation"/>}} || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| 12,293 || style="text-align: right;"| 20,346 |- | [[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;"| '''42,665''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''38,813''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''43,398''' |- | colspan=4 | {{small|RD {{=}} Rural District}} |}

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

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[[Category:Districts of Markazi province]]

[[Category:Populated places in Shazand County]]