Shal District

Not to be confused with Shal Rural District.

For the city, see Shal. For the village in Ardabil province, see Shal.

Shal District Persian: بخش شال
District
Ruins near Kheyrabad, Shal
Shal District
Coordinates: 35°55′34″N 49°48′37″E[1]
Country	Iran
Province	Qazvin
County	Buin Zahra
Capital	Shal
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	23,238
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Shal District (Persian: بخش شال) is in Buin Zahra County, Qazvin province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Shal.^[3]

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the district's population was 23,935 in 5,527 households.^[4] The following census in 2011 counted 23,572 people in 6,373 households.^[5] The 2016 census measured the population of the district as 23,238 inhabitants in 6,609 households.^[2]

Administrative divisions

Shal District Population

Administrative Divisions	2006[4]	2011[5]	2016[2]
Qaleh Hashem RD	4,873	4,218	3,765
Zeynabad RD	3,958	4,358	4,183
Shal (city)	15,104	14,996	15,290
Total	23,935	23,572	23,238
RD = Rural District

See also

Iran portal

References

1. OpenStreetMap contributors (14 September 2024). "Shal District (Buin Zahra County)" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 14 September 2024.
2. Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Qazvin Province. amar.org.ir (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
3. "Shal city". lastsecond.ir (in Persian). Listekand Family. 27 April 2018. Archived from the original on 14 September 2024. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
4. Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Qazvin Province. amar.org.ir (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
5. Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Qazvin Province. irandataportal.syr.edu (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 19 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022 – via Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University.