Savojbolagh County
Persian: شهرستان ساوجبلاغ
County
Hashtgerd
Hashtgerd
Location of Savojbolagh County in Alborz province (center, pink)
Location of Savojbolagh County in Alborz province (center, pink)
Location of Alborz province in Iran
Location of Alborz province in Iran
Coordinates: 35°58′N 50°49′E / 35.967°N 50.817°E / 35.967; 50.817[1]
Country Iran
ProvinceAlborz
CapitalHashtgerd
DistrictsCentral, Chendar
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total259,973
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Savojbolagh County (Persian: شهرستان ساوجبلاغ) is in Alborz province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Hashtgerd.[3]

At the 2006 census, its population (as a part of Tehran province) was 215,086 in 57,497 households.[4] At the 2016 census, the county's population was 259,973 in 80,953 households,[2] by which time the county had joined the recently established Alborz province,[3] and Taleqan District had been separated from the county in the establishment of Taleqan County.[5]

Administrative divisions

The population history and structural changes of Savojbolagh County's administrative divisions over two censuses are shown in the following table. The latest census shows three districts, six rural districts, and five cities.[2]

After the 2016 census, Chaharbagh District was separated from the county in the establishment of Chaharbagh County.[6]

Savojbolagh County Population1
Administrative Divisions2006[4]2016[2]
Central District106,879153,675
Hiv RD14,35215,164
Saidabad RD31,57626,979
Golsar (city)13,745
Hashtgerd (city)45,33255,640
Shahr-e Jadid-e Mehestan (city)15,61942,147
Chaharbagh District261,13577,409
Chahardangeh RD38,5985,233
Ramjin RD16,96023,348
Chaharbagh (city)5,57748,828
Chendar District21,29128,841
Baraghan RD1,4243,949
Chendar RD12,11013,952
Kuhsar (city)7,75710,940
Taleqan District325,781
Bala Taleqan RD6,609
Miyan Taleqan RD9,873
Pain Taleqan RD6,018
Taleqan (city)3,281
Total215,086259,973
RD: Rural District
1As a part of Tehran province at the 2006 census
2Became a part of Chaharbagh County[6]
3Became a part of Taleqan County[5]

History

The name Sāvojbolāgh is derived from Turkish and means "cold springs".[7] The 14th-century author Hamdallah Mustawfi described it as having "a fine climate"; most of its water was drawn from qanats, and it produced a lot of fruit and grain.[8] He wrote that the district had previously been attached to Ray for fiscal purposes under the Seljuk Empire, but under Mongol rule it had been detached.[8] Its inhabitants, he wrote, were nomads who were "indifferent to religious matters".[8] The main villages were Sonqorabad, Najmabad, and Kharav.[8] The district's tax revenues he listed as 12,000 dinars.[8]

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References

  1. ↑ OpenStreetMap contributors (26 March 2023). "Savojbolagh County" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "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.
  3. 1 2 Larijani, Ali (16 April 1389). "Alborz province establishment law". Lamtakam (in Persian). Guardian Council. Archived from the original on 16 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  4. 1 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.
  5. 1 2 Rahimi, Mohammad Reza (13 October 2009). "Taleqan County was added to the map of country divisions". DOLAT (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Board of Ministers. Archived from the original on 3 August 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  6. 1 2 Jahangiri, Ishaq (18 September 2019). "Letter of approval regarding country divisions in Savojbolagh County, Alborz province". Islamic Council Research Center (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Council of Ministers. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  7. ↑ Le Strange, Guy (1905). The Lands of the Eastern Caliphate: Mesopotamia, Persia, and Central Asia, from the Moslem Conquest to the Time of Timur. New York: Barnes & Noble, Inc. p. 218.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 Hamdallah Mustawfi (1919). Le Strange, Guy (ed.). The Geographical Part of the Nuzhat-al-Qulub. p. 69. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
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