Enaj Rural District

{{Short description|Rural district in Markazi province, Iran}}

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|subdivision_name2 = Khondab

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|subdivision_name3 = Qareh Chay

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Enaj Rural District ({{langx|fa|دهستان اناج}}) is in Qareh Chay District of Khondab County, Markazi province, Iran.{{cite report|title=Approval letter regarding the reforms of country divisions in Markazi province|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/134985|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119010014/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/134985|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Board|last=Davodi|first=Parviz|archive-date=19 January 2024|date=c. 2024|orig-date=Approved 29 July 1386|id=Proposal 149/42/4/1; Letter 58538/T26118H; Notification 158919/T32725K|access-date=19 January 2024}} Its capital is the village of Enaj.{{cite report|title=Creation and formation of 18 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Arak County under Markazi province|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Islamic Parliament Research Center|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110337|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151215015444/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110337|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Board of Ministers|last=Mousavi|first=Mirhossein|archive-date=15 December 2015|date=24 December 2014|orig-date=Approved 18 May 1366|id=Proposal 46.1.5.53|access-date=18 January 2024}}

Demographics

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At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district's population (as a part of the former Khondab District of Arak County) was 11,706 in 3,129 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Markazi 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/00.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920084413/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/00.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}} There were 11,224 inhabitants in 3,310 households at the following census of 2011,{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Markazi Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=irandataportal.syr.edu|via=Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University|url=https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Markazi.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230119170600/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Markazi.xls|archive-date=19 January 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}} by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Khondab County. The rural district was transferred to the new Qareh Chay District. The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 9,956 in 3,219 households. The most populous of its 13 villages was Mehr-e Sofla, with 2,128 people.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Markazi 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_00.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017052005/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_00.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=17 October 2020}}

See also

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References

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{{Markazi Province|state=collapsed}}

{{Khondab County|state=collapsed}}

Category:Rural Districts of Markazi province

Category:Populated places in Khondab County

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