Khvajeh District

Khvajeh District
Persian: بخش خواجه
District
Khvajeh District is located in Iran
Khvajeh District
Khvajeh District
Coordinates: 38°14′N 46°42′E / 38.233°N 46.700°E / 38.233; 46.700[1][2]
CountryIran
ProvinceEast Azerbaijan
CountyHeris
Established1989[3]
CapitalKhajeh
Population
 (2016)[4]
 • Total
28,535
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Khvajeh District (Persian: بخش خواجه) is in Heris County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Khajeh.[5]

History

The village of Arbatan was converted to a city in 2019.[6]

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 census, the district's population was 30,151 in 7,001 households.[7] The following census in 2011 counted 28,085 people in 7,696 households.[8] The 2016 census measured the population of the district as 28,535 inhabitants in 8,530 households.[4]

Administrative divisions

Khvajeh District Population
Administrative Divisions 2006[7] 2011[8] 2016[4]
Bedevostan-e Gharbi RD 16,259 16,026 16,242
Mavazekhan-e Sharqi RD 4,274 3,496 3,755
Mavazekhan-e Shomali RD 5,918 4,762 4,527
Arbatan (city)[a]
Khajeh (city) 3,700 3,801 4,011
Total 30,151 28,085 28,535
RD = Rural District

See also

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Notes

  1. ^ Became a city after the 2016 census[6]

References

  1. ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (10 September 2025). "دهستان بدوستان غربی, بخش خواجه [Bedevostan-e Gharbi Rural District, Khvajeh District], Heris County, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 10 September 2025.
  2. ^ "6MMX+8XQ Shahrak-e-Bālā, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
  3. ^ Mousavi, Mir-Hossein (12 July 1989) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1368/04/21 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. ایجاد و تأسیس شهرستان هریس به مرکزیت شهر هریس در تابعیت استان آذربایجان شرقی از ترکیب دو بخش مرکزی و طالقان [‌Creation and establishment of Heris County with Heris city as its center in the jurisdiction of East Azerbaijan province from the combination of the two Central and Taleqan districts]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. شناسه [ID] F8B1802B-A768-41BF-A636-EA66B479D654. شماره دوره [Course number] 68, شماره جلد [Volume number] 8. Archived from the original on 10 September 2025. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
  4. ^ a b c سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان آذربایجان شرقی [General Population and Housing Census 2016: East Azerbaijan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  5. ^ Habibi, Hassan (12 September 1990) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1369/06/21 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصویب سازمان و سلسله تابعیت عناصر و واحدهای تقسیمات کشوری استان آذربایجان شرقی به مرکزیت شهر تبریز [‌Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of East Azerbaijan province, centered in the city of Tabriz]. مرکز پژوهشهای مجلس شورای اسلامی ایران [Research Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board]. یب‌نامه‌شماره .93808ت907 [Resolution No. 93808T907]. Archived from the original on 4 August 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  6. ^ a b Jahangiri, Eshaq (26 February 2019) [شماره ۱۶۴۱۶۲/ت۵۶۰۴۴هـ ـ۱۳۹۷/۱۲/۷ (164162/T56044H - 1397/12/7) (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصویب‌نامه در خصوص تبدیل روستای اربطان دهستان بدوستان غربی بخش خواجه شهرستان هریس در استان آذربایجان شرقی به شهر [‌Approval regarding the conversion of Arbatan village, Bedevostan-e Gharbi Rural District, Khvajeh District, Heris County, East Azerbaijan province into a city]. پژوهشکده حقوقی شهر دانش [Shahr Danesh Law Research Institute] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. شماره ۱۶۴۱۶۲/ت۵۶۰۴۴هـ [No. 164162/T56044H]. Archived from the original on 24 March 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  7. ^ a b سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان آذربایجان شرقی [General Population and Housing Census 2006: East Azerbaijan 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 آذربایجان شرقی [General Population and Housing Census 2011: East Azerbaijan Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.


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