Fardis County

Fardis County (Persian: شهرستان فردیس) is in Alborz province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Fardis. The region was separated from Karaj County in 2012 to become Fardis County. At the 2016 census, the county's population was 271,829 in 86,619 households.[1]

Fardis County
شهرستان فردیس
County
Fardis
Location in Alborz province
Coordinates: 35°44′26″N 50°58′08″E
Country Iran
ProvinceAlborz
CapitalFardis
DistrictsCentral, Meshkin Dasht
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total271,829
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+4:30 (IRDT)

Administrative divisions

The population of Fardis County's administrative divisions at the last census is shown in the following table. The census shows two districts, four rural districts, and two cities.[1]

Fardis County Population
Administrative Divisions2016[1]
Central District188,129
Fardis Rural District3,338
Vahdat Rural District3,617
Fardis (city)181,174
Meshkin Dasht District83,700
Farrokhabad Rural District5,407
Meshkinabad Rural District16,288
Meshkin Dasht (city)62,005
Total271,829

The Central District (35°44′24″N 50°59′16″E) of the county consists of three parts:

  • Fardis Rural District (35°45′52″N 50°59′50″E) is coextensive with the village of Sepiddasht, whose population at the 2006 census was 1,418 in 372 households. At that time it was in the Mohammadabad Rural District of the Central District of Karaj County, Tehran province.[2] At the 2016 census, it had increased to 3,338 people in 1,019 households.[1]
  • Vahdat Rural District (35°45′29″N 51°01′11″E) is coextensive with the village of Sarhadabad, whose population at the 2016 census was 3,617 in 1,157 households.[1]

Meshkin Dasht District (35°44′37″N 50°56′17″E) also consists of three parts:

  • Farrokhabad Rural District (35°42′55″N 50°55′20″E) is coextensive with the village of Farrokhabad, whose population at the 2006 census was 6,383 in 1,593 households, when it was in the Mohammadabad Rural District of the Central District of Karaj County, Tehran province.[2] The 2016 census showed a decrease to 5,407 people in 1,675 households.[1]
  • Meshkinabad Rural District (35°45′34″N 50°56′25″E) consists of two villages: Agricultural Engineering Town (Persian: شهرک مهندسي زراعي), with a population of 16,104 in 5,120 households; and The Soil Science and Soil Fertility Center (Persian: مرکزخاکشناسي وحاصلخيزي خاک), with a population of 184 in 51 households at the 2016 census.[1]
  • The city of Meshkin Dasht (35°44′56″N 50°56′21″E) had a population at the 2006 census of 43,696 in 11,171 households when it was among the six cities of the Central District of Karaj County at that time.[2] By the latest census in 2016, the population had risen to 62,005 in 18,644 households, about a third the size of Fardis and the only other city in the county.[1]
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References
  1. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 30. Archived from the original (Excel) on 28 January 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  2. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 23. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.


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