Laran District
{{Short description|District in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, Iran}}
{{distinguish|Lar Rural District}}{{for|the Etruscan god of war|Laran}}
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| seat = Sureshjan
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| subdivision_name1 = Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari
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| subdivision_name2 = Shahrekord
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Laran District ({{langx|fa|بخش لاران}}) is in Shahrekord County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Sureshjan.{{cite report|title=Making changes in the national divisions of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Research Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/117727|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121130083437/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/117727|archive-date=30 November 2012|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Board|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|date=10 September 2012|orig-date=Approved 17 April 1376|id=Proposal 1.4.42.14643; Notification 56142/T17937K|access-date=2 December 2023}}
History
The village of Haruni was elevated to the status of a city in 2013.{{cite news|title=Haruni village of Shahrekord County was upgraded to a city|language=fa|website=irna.ir|via=Islamic Republic News Agency|url=https://www.irna.ir/news/80483572/روستاي-هاروني-شهرستان-شهركرد-به-شهر-ارتقا-يافت|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240831194048/https://www.irna.ir/news/80483572/روستاي-هاروني-شهرستان-شهركرد-به-شهر-ارتقا-يافت|publisher=Shura Majlis|archive-date=31 August 2024|date=2 January 2013|access-date=31 August 2024}}
Demographics
=Population=
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the district's population was 32,705 in 7,566 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 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/14.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920094403/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/14.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}} The following census in 2011 counted 32,791 people in 8,882 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 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/Chahar-Mahal-and-Bakhtiari.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116012310/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Chahar-Mahal-and-Bakhtiari.xls|archive-date=16 January 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}} The 2016 census measured the population of the district as 32,863 inhabitants living in 9,656 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 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_14.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524080828/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_14.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=24 May 2019}}
=Administrative divisions=
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|+ Laran District Population | |||
| Administrative Divisions | 2006 | 2011 | 2016 |
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| Lar RD | style="text-align: right;"| 13,824 | style="text-align: right;"| 13,877 | style="text-align: right;"| 9,075 |
| Margh Malek RD | style="text-align: right;"| 2,342 | style="text-align: right;"| 2,097 | style="text-align: right;"| 2,298 |
| Haruni (city) | style="text-align: right;"| | style="text-align: right;"| | style="text-align: right;"| 3,601 |
| Sudjan (city) | style="text-align: right;"| 5,415 | style="text-align: right;"| 5,410 | style="text-align: right;"| 5,581 |
| Sureshjan (city) | style="text-align: right;"| 11,124 | style="text-align: right;"| 11,407 | style="text-align: right;"| 12,308 |
| Total | style="text-align: right;"| 32,705 | style="text-align: right;"| 32,791 | style="text-align: right;"| 32,863 |
| colspan=4 | {{small|RD {{=}} Rural District}} |
See also
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{{Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province|state=collapsed}}
{{Shahrekord County|state=collapsed}}
Category:Districts of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province
Category:Populated places in Shahr-e Kord County
Category:1997 establishments in Iran
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