Rahmatabad, Markazi

Rahmatabad
Persian: رحمت اباد
Village
Rahmatabad is located in Iran
Rahmatabad
Rahmatabad
Location within Iran
Coordinates: 35°24′21″N 50°31′00″E / 35.40583°N 50.51667°E / 35.40583; 50.51667
CountryIran
ProvinceMarkazi
CountyZarandiyeh
DistrictZaviyeh
Rural DistrictRahmatabad
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total
553
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Rahmatabad (Persian: رحمت اباد)[a] is a village in, and the capital of, Rahmatabad Rural District[3] in Zaviyeh District of Zarandiyeh County, Markazi province, Iran.

Demographics

Ethnicity

Original inhabitants of the village were from Turkic descendants, immigrated during Seljukians conquests.

During constitutional revolution, the village became surrounded with battlement and gates to serve as a castle for Iran central plateau en route Tehran, new capital for Qajarid monarchy. Afterwards, tribes from other regions including Yazd, Kashan and Shiraz were forced to reside in the village.

The new migrants adopted the inhabitants language and culture, but nowadays resulting from governmental assimilation program, the language and customs have changed to which of Persians.

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 426 in 112 households, when it was in Hakimabad Rural District of the Central District.[4] The following census in 2011 counted 397 people in 126 households.[5] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 553 people in 188 households.[1]

In 2021, the rural district was separated from the district in the formation of Zaviyeh District. Rahmatabad was transferred to Rahmatabad Rural District created in the new district.[3]

See also

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Notes

  1. ↑ Also romanized as Raḩmatābād[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 23 July 2026.
  2. ↑ Rahmatabad at GEOnet Names Server
  3. 1 2 Jahangiri, Eshaq (12 May 2021) [۱۴۰۰/۲/۲۲ تصویب (Approval date) 1400/2/22 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصویب‌نامه در خصوص تقسیمات کشوری در شهرستان زرندیه استان مرکزی [‌Resolution on the national divisions in Zarandiyeh County, Markazi province]. پژوهشکده حقوقی شهر دانش [Shahr Danesh Law Research Institute] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. پیشنهاد شماره ۱۵۸۶۳۲ [Proposal No. 158632]. Archived from the original on 25 September 2021. Retrieved 23 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 23 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 23 July 2026.
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