Khenejin Explained

Khenejin
Native Name:Persian: خنجين
Native Name Lang:fa
Settlement Type:City
Pushpin Map:Iran
Coordinates Footnotes:[1]
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Iran
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Markazi
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Farahan
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Khenejin
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2016
Population Total:3235
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:IRST
Utc Offset:+3:30

Khenejin (Persian: خنجين) is a city in, and the capital of, Khenejin District of Farahan County, Markazi province, Iran.[2] It also serves as the administrative center for Khenejin Rural District.[3]

Demographics

Ethnicity

The city is populated by Persians (though labelled as Tats) and Khalaji Turks.[4]

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, Khenejin's population was 2,909 in 741 households, when it was a village in Khenejin Rural District of the Central District of Komijan County.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 2,745 people in 870 households,[6] by which time the rural district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Farahan County. The rural district was transferred to the new Khenejin District.[2] The 2016 census measured the population as 3,235 people in 1,041 households,[7] when the village had been elevated to the status of a city.[8]

See also

Notes and References

  1. ((OpenStreetMap contributors)) . Khenejin, Farahan County . . 30 August 2023 . 30 August 2023 . fa.
  2. Web site: Approval letter of reforms and divisional changes in Markazi province . fa . SOLH . https://web.archive.org/web/20240119003620/https://www.solh.ir/regulation/5/7807 . Ministry of Interior, Board of Ministers . Rahimi . Mohammad Reza . 19 January 2024 . 11 November 1388 . 19 January 2024.
  3. Web site: Creation and formation of 18 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Arak County under Markazi province . fa . Islamic Parliament Research Center . https://web.archive.org/web/20151215015444/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110337 . Ministry of Interior, Board of Ministers . Mousavi . Mirhossein . 15 December 2015 . 18 May 1366 . 18 January 2024.
  4. https://www.chargoshe.ir/fa/iran/city/620 Chargoshe
  5. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006) . 00 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 25 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110920084413/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/00.xls . Excel . 20 September 2011.
  6. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011) . 00 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . Syracuse University . https://web.archive.org/web/20230119170600/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Markazi.xls . 19 January 2023 . 19 December 2022 . Excel.
  7. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016) . 00 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 19 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201017052005/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_00.xlsx . Excel . 17 October 2020.
  8. Web site: Carrying out national divisions in Markazi province . fa . Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran . https://web.archive.org/web/20230901171220/https://qavanin.ir/Law/PrintText/189036 . Ministry of Interior, Political and Defense Commission . Rahimi . Mohammad Reza . 1 September 2023 . 17 July 2013 . 1 September 2023.