Qahan District

Qahan District
Persian: بخش قاهان
District
Qahan District is located in Iran
Qahan District
Qahan District
Location within Iran
Coordinates: 34°43′N 50°15′E / 34.717°N 50.250°E / 34.717; 50.250
CountryIran
ProvinceQom
CountyJafarabad
Established2021[1]
CapitalQahan
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Qahan District (Persian: بخش قاهان) is in Jafarabad County, Qom province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Qahan,[1] whose population at the time of the 2016 National Census was 784 in 286 households.[2]

History

In 2021, Jafarabad District[a] and Qahan Rural District were separated from Qom County in the establishment of Jafarabad County, which was divided into two districts of two rural districts each, with Jafariyeh as its capital and only city at the time.[1] The village of Qahan was converted to a city in 2017.[3]

Demographics

Administrative divisions

Qahan District
Administrative Divisions
Kohandan RD
Qahan RD
Qahan (city)[b]
RD = Rural District

See also

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Notes

  1. ↑ Renamed the Central District of Jafarabad County[1]
  2. ↑ Became a city after the 2016 census[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Jahangiri, Eshaq (5 May 2021) [مصوب (Approved) 1400,02,15 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصويب نامه در خصوص تقسيمات كشوري بخش كهك در استان قم [‌Letter of approval regarding the national divisions of Kahak District in Qom province]. سامانه ملی قوانین و مقررات [National System of Laws and Regulations] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. پيشنهاد شماره [Proposal Number] 206826. Archived from the original on 19 October 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2026.
  2. ↑ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان قم [General Population and Housing Census 2016: Qom Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2026.
  3. 1 2 Vahidi, Ahmad (8 August 2017) [۱۳۹۶/۵/۱۷ (1396/5/17) (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. با موافقت وزیر کشور؛ روستای قاهان در استان قم به شهر تبدیل شد [‌With the approval of the Minister of the Interior: Qahan village in Qom province was converted into a city]. خبرگزاری مهر [Mehr News Agency] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. نامه شماره ۳۳۶۶۷/۵۹۸۰۶۰ [Letter No. 33667/598060]. Archived from the original on 20 May 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2026.
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