Mahdasht

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| official_name = Mahdasht (Mardabad)

| native_name = {{langx|fa|ماهدشت}} (مردآباد)

| settlement_type = City

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Iran

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Alborz

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Karaj

| subdivision_type3 = District

| subdivision_name3 = Central

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| population_as_of = 2016

| population_total = 62910

| population_density_km2 = auto

| timezone = IRST

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| coordinates = {{coord|35|43|40|N|50|48|32|E|dim:4km|display=inline,title}}

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Mahdasht ({{langx|fa|ماهدشت}}){{efn|Also romanized as Māhdāsht; also known as Mardabad (مَردآباد), also romanized as Mardābād{{GEOnet3|-3074068}}}} is a city in the Central District of Karaj County, Alborz province, Iran.

Demographics

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At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 43,100 in 10,760 households, when it was in Tehran province.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Tehran 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/23.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920084534/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/23.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}} The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 62,910 people in 19,147 households,{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Alborz 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_30.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128141943/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_30.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=28 January 2020}} by which time the county had been separated from the province in the establishment of Alborz province.{{cite report|title=Alborz province establishment law|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|id=Notification 412/30588|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/782290|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216152645/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/782290|publisher=Guardian Council|last=Larijani|first=Ali|date=2010|orig-date=Approved 16 April 1389|archive-date=16 December 2023|access-date=21 August 2024}}

Notable people

Baito Abbaspour, bodybuilder.{{Cite web|url=https://www.evolutionofbodybuilding.net/rip-baito-abbaspour/|title=RIP Baito Abbaspour|date=25 August 2015}}

Majid Khodabandelou, retired footballer who previously played in the top three divisions of the Iranian football league system.

Notes

References

Category:Cities in Alborz province

Category:Populated places in Karaj County