Zand District

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'''Zand District''' ({{langx|fa|بخش زند}}) is in Malayer County, Hamadan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Zangeneh.<ref name="Zand District Formation">{{cite report|title=Approval of divisional reforms in Hamadan province|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/122887|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240211194505/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/122887|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Board|last=Aref|first=Mohammad Reza|archive-date=11 February 2024|date=c. 2024|orig-date=Approved 27 November 1381|id=Proposal 1.42.83499; Notification 875/T25607K|access-date=11 February 2024}}</ref>{{efn|name=fn1|Formerly the village of Zanganeh-ye Olya<ref name="Barzul, Giyan, and Zanganeh Cities">{{cite report|title=Divisional changes and reforms in Hamadan province|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/124505|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240211195800/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/124505|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board|last=Aref|first=Mohammad Reza|archive-date=11 February 2024|orig-date=Approved 5 May 1384|date=c. 2024|id=Proposal 1.4.42.127333; Letter 58538/T26118H; Notification 29759/T32432K|access-date=11 February 2024}}</ref>}} It is the namesake of the Zand dynasty.{{cn|date=October 2023}}

==Demographics== ===Population=== At the time of the 2006 National Census, the district's population was 14,426 in 3,695 households.<ref name="2006 Hamadan Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Hamadan 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/13.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920093712/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/13.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}}</ref> The following census in 2011 counted 12,180 people in 3,776 households.<ref name="2011 Hamadan Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Hamadan 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/Hamadan.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117164705/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Hamadan.xls|archive-date=17 January 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}}</ref> The 2016 census measured the population of the district as 10,019 inhabitants in 3,400 households.<ref name="2016 Hamadan Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Hamadan 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_13.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421224006/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_13.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=21 April 2021}}</ref>

===Administrative divisions=== {| class="wikitable" |+ Zand District Population |- ! Administrative Divisions !! 2006<ref name="2006 Hamadan Province"/> !! 2011<ref name="2011 Hamadan Province"/> !! 2016<ref name="2016 Hamadan Province"/> |- | Kamazan-e Olya RD || style="text-align: right;"| 4,434 || style="text-align: right;"| 3,564 || style="text-align: right;"| 2,964 |- | Kamazan-e Sofla RD || style="text-align: right;"| 4,985 || style="text-align: right;"| 4,405 || style="text-align: right;"| 3,776 |- | Kamazan-e Vosta RD || style="text-align: right;"| 4,163 || style="text-align: right;"| 3,486 || style="text-align: right;"| 2,658 |- | Zangeneh (city){{efn|name=fn1}} || style="text-align: right;"| 844 || style="text-align: right;"| 725 || style="text-align: right;"| 621 |- | '''Total''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''14,426''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''12,180''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''10,019''' |- | colspan=4 | {{small|RD {{=}} Rural District}} |}

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Category:Districts of Hamadan province

Category:Populated places in Malayer County