Jowkar, Iran

Jowkar
Persian: جوكار
City
Jowkar is located in Iran
Jowkar
Jowkar
Location within Iran
Coordinates: 34°25′49″N 48°41′15″E / 34.43028°N 48.68750°E / 34.43028; 48.68750
CountryIran
ProvinceHamadan
CountyMalayer
DistrictJowkar
Established as a city2000[1]
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total
2,258
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Jowkar (Persian: جوكار)[a] is a city in, and the capital of, Jowkar District of Malayer County, Hamadan province, Iran.[4] It also serves as the administrative center for Jowkar Rural District.[5] The village of Jowkar was converted to a city in 2000[1] after merging with the village of Abbasabad.[6]

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 2,209 in 548 households.[7] The following census in 2011 counted 2,425 people in 644 households.[8] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 2,258 people in 674 households.[2]

See also

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Notes

  1. ↑ Also romanized as Jow Kār and Jowkār; also known as Jaūkāl and Jokar[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Habibi, Hassan (8 March 2000) [مصوب (Approved) 1378/12/18 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصويب نامه در خصوص شناخته شدن يكصد روستاي مركز بخش به عنوان شهر [‌Approval letter regarding the recognition of 100 villages of the central district as cities]. سامانه ملی قوانین و مقررات [National System of Laws and Regulations] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board]. تصويب نامه شماره 5453 /ت21162هـ [Approval Letter Number 5453/T21162H]. Archived from the original on 14 October 2025. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
  2. 1 2 سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان همدان [General Population and Housing Census 2016: Hamadan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
  3. ↑ Jowkar, Iran at GEOnet Names Server
  4. ↑ Habibi, Hassan (12 September 1990) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1369/06/21 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصویب سازمان و سلسله تابعیت عناصر و واحدهای تقسیمات کشوری استان همدان به مرکزیت شهر همدان [‌Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of Hamadan province, centered in Hamadan 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] 0B4BF172-2464-430F-82EF-9426BDC5D272. شماره دوره [Course number] 69, شماره جلد [Volume number] 3. Archived from the original on 11 February 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
  5. ↑ Mousavi, Mir-Hossein (9 August 1987) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1366.5.18 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. ایجاد و تشکیل تعداد 12 دهستان شامل روستاها، مزارع و مکانها در شهرستان ملایر تابع استان همدان [‌Creation and formation of 12 rural districts including villages, fields and places in Malayer County under Hamadan province]. مرکز پژوهشهای مجلس شورای اسلامی ایران [Research Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. پیشنهاد شماره [Proposal No.] 11811.1.5.53. Archived from the original on 11 February 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
  6. ↑ Aref, Mohammad Reza (22 May 2002) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1381/3/1 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. اصلاح ردیف 23 تصویبنامه شناخته شدن یکصد روستای مرکز بخش به عنوان شهر در استانهای خراسان، گلستان، مرکزی، زنجان، اردبیل و هرمزگان [‌Amendment of Row 23 of the resolution on the recognition of one hundred villages of the Central District as cities in the provinces of Khorasan, Golestan, Markazi, Zanjan, Ardabil and Hormozgan]. مهدی داودآبادی [Mehdi Davudabadi] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board]. پیشنهاد شماره [Proposal No.] 30556/4/1. Archived from the original on 12 August 2026. Retrieved 12 August 2026.
  7. ↑ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان همدان [General Population and Housing Census 2006: Hamadan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
  8. ↑ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان همدان [General Population and Housing Census 2011: Hamadan Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 17 January 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
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