Central District (Leylan County)
{{Short description|District in East Azerbaijan province, Iran}}
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| seat = Leylan
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| subdivision_name1 = East Azerbaijan
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| subdivision_name2 = Leylan
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| population_total = 25381{{efn|As Leylan District of Malekan County}}
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The Central District of Leylan County ({{langx|fa|بخش مرکزی شهرستان لیلان}}){{efn|Formerly Leylan District (بخش لیلان) of Malekan County}} is in East Azerbaijan province, Iran.{{cite report|title=Changes in country divisions of Malekan and Leylan Counties of East Azerbaijan province|language=fa|website=qavanin.ir|via=Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran|url=https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/302129|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230806144904/https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/302129|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|last=Mokhbar|first=Mohammad|archive-date=6 August 2023|orig-date=Approved 13 February 1402|date=c. 2023|id=Proposal 141670|access-date=11 August 2024}} Its capital is the city of Leylan.{{cite report|title=Divisional reforms in East Azerbaijan province|language=fa|website=qavanin.ir|via=Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran|url=https://qavanin.ir/Law/PrintText/90306|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220101064517/https://qavanin.ir/Law/PrintText/90306|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political and Defense Commission of the Government Delegation|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|archive-date=1 January 2022|orig-date=Approved 22 July 1374|id=Notification 93808/T907|date=c. 2022|access-date=5 December 2023}}
History
In 2023, Leylan District{{efn|Renamed the Central District of Leylan County}} was separated from Malekan County in the establishment of Leylan County, which was divided into two districts of two rural districts each, with Leylan as its capital and only city at the time.
Demographics
=Population=
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the district's population (as Leylan District of Malekan County) was 23,234 in 5,341 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): East Azerbaijan Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/03.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920092432/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/03.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}} The following census in 2011 counted 24,169 people in 6,688 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): East Azerbaijan Province|website=irandataportal.syr.edu|via=Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|url=https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/East-Azerbaijan.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116202318/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/East-Azerbaijan.xls|archive-date=16 January 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}} The 2016 census measured the population of the district as 25,381 inhabitants in 7,526 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): East Azerbaijan Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_03.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113123618/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_03.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=13 November 2020}}
=Administrative divisions=
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|+ Central District (Leylan County){{efn|As Leylan District of Malekan County at the 2006, 2011, and 2016 censuses}} | |||
| Administrative Divisions | 2006 | 2011 | 2016 |
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| Leylan-e Gharbi RD{{efn|Established after the 2016 census}} | style="text-align: right;"| | style="text-align: right;"| | style="text-align: right;"| |
| Leylan-e Jonubi RD{{efn|Formerly Leylan Rural District}} | style="text-align: right;"| 13,317 | style="text-align: right;"| 13,656 | style="text-align: right;"| 14,853 |
| Leylan-e Shomali RD{{efn|Transferred to Shirin Kand District after the 2016 census}} | style="text-align: right;"| 3,838 | style="text-align: right;"| 4,338 | style="text-align: right;"| 4,172 |
| Leylan (city) | style="text-align: right;"| 6,079 | style="text-align: right;"| 6,175 | style="text-align: right;"| 6,356 |
| Total | style="text-align: right;"| 23,234 | style="text-align: right;"| 24,169 | style="text-align: right;"| 25,381 |
| colspan=4 | {{small|RD {{=}} Rural District}} |
See also
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Category:Districts of East Azerbaijan province
Category:Populated places in Leylan County
Category:1995 establishments in Iran
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