Zarandiyeh County

{{Infobox settlement |name = Zarandiyeh County |other_name = |native_name = {{langx|fa|شهرستان زرندیه}} |settlement_type = [[Counties of Iran|County]] |image_skyline = Village wilderness Chanaghchi.JPG |imagesize = |image_caption = Landscape near Chanaghchi | image_map = Markazi.svg | image_map1 = IranMarkazi-SVG.svg | map_caption = Location of Zarandiyeh County in Markazi province (top, pink) | 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 = [[Mamuniyeh]] |parts_type = [[Bakhsh (administrative division)|Districts]] | parts_style = para | parts = | p1 = [[Central District (Zarandiyeh County)|Central]] | p2 = [[Kharqan District|Kharqan]] | p3 = [[Zaviyeh District|Zaviyeh]] | p4 = | p5 = | p6 = |leader_title = |leader_name = |established_title = |established_date = |area_total_km2 = |population_as_of = 2016 |population_footnotes = <ref name="2016 Markazi Province"/> |population_total = 63907 |population_density_km2 = |coordinates = {{coord|35|20|N|50|14|E|dim:45km|display=inline,title}} |coordinates_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite map |author=((OpenStreetMap contributors)) |url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=35.333333&mlon=50.233333&zoom=10#map=10/35.3333/50.2333|website=[[OpenStreetMap]] |title=Zarandiyeh County|date=5 January 2025|access-date=5 January 2025|lang=fa}}</ref> |timezone = [[Iran Standard Time|IRST]] |utc_offset = +3:30 |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = |website = |footnotes = {{GEOnet3|9207304}} }}

'''Zarandiyeh County''' ({{langx|fa|شهرستان زرندیه}}){{efn|Also [[romanize]]d as '''Zarandiyeh'''}} is in [[Markazi province|Markazi]] province, Iran, the northernmost county of the province. Its capital is the city of [[Mamuniyeh]].<ref name="Komijan and Zarandiyeh Counties Establishment">{{cite report|title=Correction of divisional reforms in Markazi province|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/122673|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118153546/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/122673|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 29 October 1381|id=Notification 47188-25583|access-date=18 January 2024}}</ref>

==History== After the 2006 National Census, the village of [[Khoshkrud, Markazi|Khoshkrud]] was elevated to the status of a city.<ref name="Khoshkrud City">{{cite report|title=The approval letter of the Ministers of the Political-Defense Commission of the Government Board regarding the conversion of Khoshkrud village from the functions of Khoshkrud Rural District in the Central District of Zarandiyeh County in Markazi province to Khoshkrud city|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/131883|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118152628/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/131883|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Board|last=Davodi|first=Parviz|archive-date=18 January 2024|date=c. 2024|orig-date=Approved 29 July 1386|id=Proposal 93023/42/1/4; Letter 58538/T26118H; Notification 161486/T38077K|access-date=18 January 2024}}</ref>

==Demographics== ===Population=== At the time of the 2006 census, the county's population was 57,550 in 15,174 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 57,153 people in 16,999 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 63,907 in 20,483 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> In 2021, [[Hakimabad Rural District (Zarandiyeh County)|Hakimabad Rural District]] and the city of [[Zaviyeh]] were separated from the [[Central District (Zarandiyeh County)|Central District]] in the formation of [[Zaviyeh District]], including the new [[Rahmatabad Rural District (Zarandiyeh County)|Rahmatabad Rural District]].<ref name="Zaviyeh District Formation">{{cite report|title=Approval regarding the national divisions in Zarandiyeh 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%A6%D8%AA-%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AA-%D8%AF%D9%87%D9%87-%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A8%D9%87%D8%B4%D8%AA-1400/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925005135/https://sdil.ac.ir/%D9%85%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%87%DB%8C%D8%A6%D8%AA-%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AA-%D8%AF%D9%87%D9%87-%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A8%D9%87%D8%B4%D8%AA-1400/|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Cabinet of Ministers|last=Jahangiri|first=Ishaq|archive-date=25 September 2021|date=20 July 2021|orig-date=Approved 22 February 1400|id=Proposal 158632; Notification 19320/T58148AH|access-date=31 January 2025|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Administrative divisions===

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

{| class="wikitable" |+ Zarandiyeh County Population |- ! Administrative Divisions !! 2006<ref name="2006 Markazi Province"/> !! 2011<ref name="2011 Markazi Province"/> !! 2016<ref name="2016 Markazi Province"/> |- | '''[[Central District (Zarandiyeh County)|Central District]]''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''48,274''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''49,344''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''53,852''' |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Hakimabad RD || style="text-align: right;"| 8,327 || style="text-align: right;"| 8,300 || style="text-align: right;"| 8,669 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Khoshk Rud Rural District (Zarandiyeh County)|Khoshk Rud RD]] || style="text-align: right;"| 9,431 || style="text-align: right;"| 3,667 || style="text-align: right;"| 4,384 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Rudshur Rural District|Rudshur RD]] || style="text-align: right;"| 854 || style="text-align: right;"| 843 || style="text-align: right;"| 826 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Khoshkrud, Markazi|Khoshkrud]] (city) || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| 5,019 || style="text-align: right;"| 5,246 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Mamuniyeh]] (city) || style="text-align: right;"| 17,337 || style="text-align: right;"| 19,005 || style="text-align: right;"| 21,814 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Parandak, Markazi|Parandak]] (city){{efn|Formerly [[Parandak, Markazi|Rahimabad]]<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>}} || style="text-align: right;"| 6,184 || style="text-align: right;"| 6,633 || style="text-align: right;"| 6,886 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Zaviyeh (city) || style="text-align: right;"| 6,141 || style="text-align: right;"| 5,877 || style="text-align: right;"| 6,027 |- | '''[[Kharqan District]]''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''9,276''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''7,809''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''10,055''' |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Alishar Rural District|Alishar RD]] || style="text-align: right;"| 2,349 || style="text-align: right;"| 2,093 || style="text-align: right;"| 1,969 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Alvir Rural District|Alvir RD]] || style="text-align: right;"| 3,187 || style="text-align: right;"| 2,110 || style="text-align: right;"| 3,463 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Duzaj Rural District|Duzaj RD]] || style="text-align: right;"| 3,314 || style="text-align: right;"| 3,109 || style="text-align: right;"| 3,797 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Razeqan]] (city) || style="text-align: right;"| 426 || style="text-align: right;"| 497 || style="text-align: right;"| 826 |- | '''[[Zaviyeh District]]'''{{efn|name=fn1|Established after the 2016 census<ref name="Zaviyeh District Formation"/>}} || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Hakimabad Rural District (Zarandiyeh County)|Hakimabad RD]] || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Rahmatabad Rural District (Zarandiyeh County)|Rahmatabad RD]]{{efn|name=fn1}} || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Zaviyeh]] (city) || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| |- | '''Total''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''57,550''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''57,153''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''63,907''' |- | colspan=4 | {{small|RD {{=}} Rural District}} |}

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

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[[Category:Zarandieh County]]

[[Category:Counties of Markazi province]]