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Marand County

{{Short description|County in East Azerbaijan province, Iran}}

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|native_name = {{langx|fa|شهرستان مرند}}

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| map_caption1 = Location of East Azerbaijan province in Iran

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|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = Iran

|subdivision_type1 = Province

|subdivision_name1 = East Azerbaijan

|seat_type = Capital

|seat = Marand

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| p1 = Central

| p2 = Koshksaray

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Marand County ({{langx|fa|شهرستان مرند}}) is in East Azerbaijan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Marand.{{cite report|title=Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the country divisions of East Azerbaijan province centered on the city of Tabriz|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Research Center of the System of Laws of the Islamic Council of the Farabi Library of Mobile Users|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/113028|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130804122525/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/113028|archive-date=4 August 2013|publisher=Ministry of Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board|last=Habibi|date=c. 2013|orig-date=Approved 21 June 1369|first=Hassan|id=Notification 8284/2T142K|access-date=4 December 2023}}

History

In 2021, Koshksaray Rural District and the city of Koshksaray were separated from the Central District in the formation of Koshksaray District, including the new Yalquz Aghaj Rural District.{{cite report|title=Letter of approval regarding national divisions in Marand County, 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/290946|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023232323/https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/290946|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Board of Ministers|last=Jahangiri|first=Ishaq|archive-date=23 October 2021|orig-date=Approved 10 October 2019|access-date=22 November 2023|date=c. 2021|id=Proposal 162260}} In addition, the village of Dizaj Hoseyn Beyg was elevated to the status of a city.{{cite report|title=Approval regarding the conversion of the village of Dizaj Hoseyn Beyg, Yalquz Aghaj Rural District, Koshksaray District, Marand County, East Azerbaijan province, into a city|language=fa|website=sdil.ac.ir|via=Shahr Danesh Legal Research Institute|url=https://sdil.ac.ir/مصوبات-هیئت-دولت-دهه-اول-خرداد-1400/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001075355/https://sdil.ac.ir/مصوبات-هیئت-دولت-دهه-اول-خرداد-1400/|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Cabinet of Ministers|last=Jahangiri|first=Ishaq|archive-date=1 October 2023|date=3 August 2021|orig-date=Approved 25 October 1399|id=Proposal 168254; Notification 24001/T58402AH|access-date=1 February 2025}}

Demographics

=Population=

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the county's population was 229,215 in 59,097 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 239,209 people in 69,471 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 county as 244,971 in 75,711 households. The vast majority are ethnic Azerbaijanis.{{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=

Marand County's population history and administrative structure over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.

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|+ Marand County Population

Administrative Divisions200620112016
Central Districtstyle="text-align: right;"| 201,747style="text-align: right;"| 211,700style="text-align: right;"| 217,093
style="padding-left: 1em;" | Bonab RDstyle="text-align: right;"| 9,038style="text-align: right;"| 10,395style="text-align: right;"| 10,668
style="padding-left: 1em;" | Dowlatabad RDstyle="text-align: right;"| 13,022style="text-align: right;"| 12,760style="text-align: right;"| 12,170
style="padding-left: 1em;" | Harzandat-e Gharbi RDstyle="text-align: right;"| 6,194style="text-align: right;"| 5,652style="text-align: right;"| 5,094
style="padding-left: 1em;" | Harzandat-e Sharqi RDstyle="text-align: right;"| 4,527style="text-align: right;"| 4,022style="text-align: right;"| 3,389
style="padding-left: 1em;" | Koshksaray RDstyle="text-align: right;"| 22,941style="text-align: right;"| 23,173style="text-align: right;"| 23,822
style="padding-left: 1em;" | Mishab-e Shomali RDstyle="text-align: right;"| 14,046style="text-align: right;"| 13,938style="text-align: right;"| 14,214
style="padding-left: 1em;" | Zonuzaq RDstyle="text-align: right;"| 3,327style="text-align: right;"| 2,717style="text-align: right;"| 2,075
style="padding-left: 1em;" | Benab-e Marand (city)style="text-align: right;"| 4,430style="text-align: right;"| 4,371style="text-align: right;"| 4,311
style="padding-left: 1em;" | Koshksaray (city)style="text-align: right;"| 7,439style="text-align: right;"| 7,723style="text-align: right;"| 8,060
style="padding-left: 1em;" | Marand (city)style="text-align: right;"| 114,165style="text-align: right;"| 124,323style="text-align: right;"| 130,825
style="padding-left: 1em;" | Zonuz (city)style="text-align: right;"| 2,618style="text-align: right;"| 2,626style="text-align: right;"| 2,465
Koshksaray District{{efn|name=fn1|Established after the 2016 census}}style="text-align: right;"|style="text-align: right;"|style="text-align: right;"|
style="padding-left: 1em;" | Koshksaray RDstyle="text-align: right;"|style="text-align: right;"|style="text-align: right;"|
style="padding-left: 1em;" | Yalquz Aghaj RD{{efn|name=fn1}}style="text-align: right;"|style="text-align: right;"|style="text-align: right;"|
style="padding-left: 1em;" | Dizaj Hoseyn Beyg (city){{efn|Became a city after the 2016 census}}style="text-align: right;"|style="text-align: right;"|style="text-align: right;"|
style="padding-left: 1em;" | Koshksaray (city)style="text-align: right;"|style="text-align: right;"|style="text-align: right;"|
Yamchi Districtstyle="text-align: right;"| 27,468style="text-align: right;"| 27,509style="text-align: right;"| 27,877
style="padding-left: 1em;" | Yekanat RDstyle="text-align: right;"| 4,308style="text-align: right;"| 3,882style="text-align: right;"| 3,272
style="padding-left: 1em;" | Zu ol Bin RDstyle="text-align: right;"| 13,840style="text-align: right;"| 13,795style="text-align: right;"| 14,213
style="padding-left: 1em;" | Yamchi (city)style="text-align: right;"| 9,320style="text-align: right;"| 9,832style="text-align: right;"| 10,392
Totalstyle="text-align: right;"| 229,215style="text-align: right;"| 239,209style="text-align: right;"| 244,971
colspan=4 | {{small|RD {{=}} Rural District}}

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