Afshar District

For the area in Afghanistan, see Afshar.

Afshar District
Persian: بخش افشار
District
Afshar District is located in Iran
Afshar District
Afshar District
Coordinates: 35°55′31″N 48°09′04″E / 35.92528°N 48.15111°E / 35.92528; 48.15111[1]
CountryIran
ProvinceZanjan
CountyKhodabandeh
CapitalGarmab
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total
12,424
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Afshar District (Persian: بخش افشار) is in Khodabandeh County, Zanjan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Garmab.[3]

Demographics

Ethnicity

The majority population is Azeri followed by Persians.[citation needed]

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the district's population was 16,304 in 3,545 households.[4] The following census in 2011 counted 15,303 people in 3,920 households.[5] The 2016 census measured the population of the district as 12,424 inhabitants in 3,407 households.[2]

Administrative divisions

Afshar District Population
Administrative Divisions 2006[4] 2011[5] 2016[2]
Qeshlaqat-e Afshar RD 4,067 2,813 1,823
Shivanat RD 8,963 8,469 6,778
Garmab (city) 3,274 4,021 3,823
Total 16,304 15,303 12,424
RD = Rural District

See also

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References

  1. ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (11 September 2024). "Afshar District (Khodabandeh County)" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 11 September 2024.
  2. ^ a b c Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Zanjan Province. amar.org.ir (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 27 April 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. ^ Habibi, Hassan (c. 2023) [Approved 7 July 1369]. Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of elements and units of the national divisions of Zanjan province, centered in Zanjan city. lamtakam.com (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Council. Notification 82844/T141K. Archived from the original on 16 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023 – via Lam ta Kam.
  4. ^ a b Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Zanjan Province. amar.org.ir (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  5. ^ a b Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Zanjan Province. irandataportal.syr.edu (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 21 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022 – via Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University.


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