Abyek County

Abyek County
Persian: شهرستان آبیک
Location of Abyek County in Qazvin province (right, green)
Location of Qazvin province in Iran
Coordinates: 36°06′N 50°23′E / 36.100°N 50.383°E / 36.100; 50.383[1]
Country Iran
ProvinceQazvin
Established2001[2]
CapitalAbyek
DistrictsCentral, Basharyat
Population
 (2016)[3]
 • Total
94,536
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)
Abyek County at GEOnet Names Server

Abyek County (Persian: شهرستان آبیک) is in Qazvin province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Abyek.[2]

History

In 2020, the villages of Qeshlaq and Ziaran were converted to cities.[4]

Demographics

Ethnicity

The majority of Abyek County's people are Azerbaijani Turks.[5][6]

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the county's population was 89,334 in 23,132 households.[7] The following census in 2011 counted 93,844 people in 26,944 households.[8] The 2016 census measured the population of the county as 94,536 in 29,234 households.[3]

Administrative divisions

Abyek County's population history and administrative structure over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.

Abyek County Population
Administrative Divisions 2006[7] 2011[8] 2016[3]
Central District 68,350 75,993 78,157
Kuhpayeh-e Gharbi RD 4,157 2,798 3,066
Kuhpayeh-e Sharqi RD 4,936 5,668 4,614
Ziaran RD 12,024 11,748 10,370
Abyek (city) 47,233 55,779 60,107
Qeshlaq (city)[a]
Ziaran (city)[a]
Basharyat District 20,984 17,851 16,379
Basharyat-e Gharbi RD[b] 10,556 8,306 7,549
Basharyat-e Sharqi RD 7,282 6,193 5,682
Khak-e Ali (city) 3,146 3,352 3,148
Total 89,334 93,844 94,536
RD = Rural District

See also

Media related to Abyek County at Wikimedia Commons

Iran portal

Notes

  1. ^ a b Became a city after the 2016 census[4]
  2. ^ Formerly Basharyat Rural District[2]

References

  1. ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (13 September 2024). "East Kuhpayeh RD, Abyek Central District, Abyek County, Qazvin Province, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  2. ^ a b c Habibi, Hassan (29 July 2001) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1380/05/07 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصویب نامه راجع به اصلاحات و تغییرات تقسیماتی در استان قزوین [‌Approval letter regarding reforms and divisional changes in Qazvin province]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. شناسه [ID] 60BC6176-4586-4C9C-9594-CB1FCD95E4C8. شماره دوره [Course number] 80. Archived from the original on 25 June 2025. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  3. ^ a b c سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان قزوین [General Population and Housing Census 2016: Qazvin Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  4. ^ a b Jahangiri, Eshaq (1 November 2020) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1399/08/11 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصویب نامه در خصوص تقسیمات کشوری در شهرستان آبیک استان قزوین مصوب [‌Resolution on national divisions in Abyek County, Qazvin province]. مهدی داودآبادی [Mehdi Davudabadi] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. پیشنهاد شماره [Proposal Number] 112529. Archived from the original on 25 June 2025. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  5. ^ Fars news agency
  6. ^ "Abeikis". Archived from the original on 29 June 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  7. ^ a b سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان قزوین [General Population and Housing Census 2006: Qazvin Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  8. ^ a b سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان قزوین [General Population and Housing Census 2011: Qazvin 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 19 December 2022.