Gharqabad

Gharqabad
Persian: غرق آباد
City
Gharqabad is located in Iran
Gharqabad
Gharqabad
Location within Iran
Coordinates: 35°06′27″N 49°49′53″E / 35.10750°N 49.83139°E / 35.10750; 49.83139
CountryIran
ProvinceMarkazi
CountySaveh
DistrictNowbaran
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total
5,375
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Gharqabad (Persian: غرق آباد)[a] is a city in Nowbaran District of Saveh County, Markazi province, Iran.[3]

Etymology

In antiquity the city was named "Karagava," whose derivation is karag (tax) and ava (place). Locally the city is still referred to as "Kargava."

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 4,394 in 1,229 households.[4] The following census in 2011 counted 4,992 people in 1,518 households.[5] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 5,375 people in 1,805 households.[1]

See also

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Notes

  1. ↑ Also romanized as Gharqābād and Gharaqābād; also known as Ghargh Abad[2]

References

  1. 1 2 سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان مرکزی [General Population and Housing Census 2016: Markazi Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2026.
  2. ↑ Gharqabad at GEOnet Names Server
  3. ↑ Habibi, Hassan (12 September 1990) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1369.6.21 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. ‌تصویب سازمان و سلسله تابعیت عناصر و واحدهای تقسیمات کشوی استان مرکزی به تابعیت شهر اراک [‌Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of Markazi province's divisions to the citizenship of Arak city]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board]. شناسه [ID] C8D0283F-9CAE-434C-B258-560EA411B87C. شماره دوره [Course number] 69, شماره جلد [Volume number] 3. Archived from the original on 18 January 2024. Retrieved 20 July 2026.
  4. ↑ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان مرکزی [General Population and Housing Census 2006: Markazi Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2026.
  5. ↑ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان مرکزی [General Population and Housing Census 2011: Markazi Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 19 January 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2026.
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