Karchan, Markazi

Karchan
Persian: كارچان
City
Karchan is located in Iran
Karchan
Karchan
Location within Iran
Coordinates: 34°06′00″N 49°56′01″E / 34.10000°N 49.93361°E / 34.10000; 49.93361
CountryIran
ProvinceMarkazi
CountyArak
DistrictMasumiyeh
Established as a city2011[1]
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total
3,743
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Karchan (Persian: كارچان)[a] is a city in, and the capital of, Masumiyeh District[1] in Arak County, Markazi province, Iran.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, Karchan's population was 3,530 in 964 households, when it was a village in Masumiyeh Rural District of the Central District.[4] The following census in 2011 counted 3,752 people in 1,131 households,[5] by which time the rural district had been separated from the district in the formation of Masumiyeh District. At the same time, Karchan was converted to a city.[1] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 3,743 people in 1,128 households.[2]

See also

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Notes

  1. ↑ Also romanized as Kārchān; also known as Kārchon and Kharshān[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Rahimi, Mohammad Reza (13 February 2011) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1389/11/24 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصویب نامه اصلاحات و تغییرات تقسیماتی در استان مرکزی [‌Approval of divisional reforms and changes in Markazi province]. صلح [Saleh] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. پیشنهاد شماره [Proposal No.] 163364/42/1/4. Archived from the original on 19 January 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
  2. 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 12 July 2026.
  3. ↑ Karchan at GEOnet Names Server
  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 12 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 12 July 2026.
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