Central District (Bijar County)

Central District (Bijar County) Persian: بخش مرکزی شهرستان بیجار
District
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Coordinates: 35°58′42″N 47°33′12″E[1]
Country	Iran
Province	Kurdistan
County	Bijar
Capital	Bijar
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	65,888
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

The Central District of Bijar County (Persian: بخش مرکزی شهرستان بیجار) is in Kurdistan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Bijar.^[3]

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the district's population was 66,833 in 17,084 households.^[4] The following census in 2011 counted 66,962 people in 18,975 households.^[5] The 2016 census measured the population of the district as 65,888 inhabitants in 20,711 households,^[2] by which time the village of Tup Aghaj had been elevated to the status of a city.^[6]

Administrative divisions

Central District (Bijar County) Population

Administrative Divisions	2006[4]	2011[5]	2016[2]
Howmeh RD	4,081	3,817	3,352
Khvor Khvoreh RD	4,622	3,922	3,462
Najafabad RD	3,455	3,145	2,724
Seylatan RD	4,828	4,861	1,932
Siyah Mansur RD	3,691	3,291	2,759
Bijar (city)	46,156	47,926	50,014
Tup Aghaj (city)			1,645
Total	66,833	66,962	65,888
RD = Rural District

See also

Iran portal

References

1. OpenStreetMap contributors (16 August 2023). "Central District (Bijar County)" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 16 August 2023.
2. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 12. Archived from the original (Excel) on 8 May 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
3. Habibi, Hassan (21 June 1369). "Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of Kurdistan province, centered in the city of Sanandaj". Islamic Parliament Research Center of the Islamic Republic of Iran (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board. Archived from the original on 23 October 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
4. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 12. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
5. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)". Syracuse University (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 12. Archived from the original (Excel) on 19 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
6. "With some changes in the geographical map of three provinces: Four new cities were added to the map of the country's divisions". DOLAT (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Council of Ministers. 28 January 2013. Archived from the original on 16 March 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2023.