Manj District
{{Short description|District in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, Iran}}
{{distinguish|Manj Rural District}}{{for multi|the city|Manj-e Nesa|other places with a similar name|Manj (disambiguation){{!}}Manj}}
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| seat = Manj-e Nesa
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| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari
| subdivision_type2 = County
| subdivision_name2 = Lordegan
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Manj District ({{langx|fa|بخش منج}}) is in Lordegan County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Manj-e Nesa.{{cite report|title=Letter of approval regarding the establishment of Emamzadeh Hamzeh Ali Rural District in Borujen County|language=fa|website=qavanin.ir|via=Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran|url=https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/101350|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719124301/https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/101350|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Board of Ministers|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|orig-date=Approved 22 January 1380|id=Proposal 4/1/3141/42/1|date=c. 2022|archive-date=19 July 2022|access-date=2 December 2023}}
History
Three villages merged to create the city of Manj-e Nesa in 2011.{{cite news|title=Four new cities in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province were added to the national division map; with some changes in the geography of the country|language=fa|website=dolat.ir|via=Secretariat of the Government Information Council|url=https://dolat.ir/detail/199779|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170228075432/https://dolat.ir/detail/199779|archive-date=28 February 2017|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political and Defense Commission|last=Rahimi|first=Mohmmad Reza|access-date=2 December 2023|date=14 March 2011}}
Demographics
=Population=
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the district's population was 17,232 in 3,266 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 18,032 people in 3,914 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 17,998 inhabitants living in 4,626 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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|+ Manj District Population | |||
| Administrative Divisions | 2006 | 2011 | 2016 |
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| Barez RD | style="text-align: right;"| 8,024 | style="text-align: right;"| 8,385 | style="text-align: right;"| 7,933 |
| Manj RD | style="text-align: right;"| 9,208 | style="text-align: right;"| 8,161 | style="text-align: right;"| 8,573 |
| Manj-e Nesa (city) | style="text-align: right;"| | style="text-align: right;"| 1,486 | style="text-align: right;"| 1,492 |
| Total | style="text-align: right;"| 17,232 | style="text-align: right;"| 18,032 | style="text-align: right;"| 17,998 |
| colspan=4 | {{small|RD {{=}} Rural District}} |
See also
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{{Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province|state=collapsed}}
{{Lordegan County|state=collapsed}}
Category:Districts of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province
Category:Populated places in Lordegan County
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