Mohammadshahr
{{Short description|City in Alborz province, Iran}}
{{for|the city in South Khorasan province|Mohammadshahr, South Khorasan{{!}}Mohammadshahr}}
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|official_name = Mohammadshahr
|native_name = {{langx|fa|ماهانشهر}}
|settlement_type = City
|image_skyline = Mohammad shahr karaj.jpg
|imagesize = 250
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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_urban = 119418
|population_density_km2 = auto
|timezone = IRST
|utc_offset = +3:30
|coordinates = {{coord|35|45|12|N|50|54|05|E|dim:3km|display=inline,title}}
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Mohammadshahr ({{langx|fa|ماهانشهر}}){{efn|Also romanized as Moḩamadshahr; also known as Mahanshahr (محمدشهر), also romanized as Māhānŝahr{{GEOnet3|10038340}}}} is a city in the Central District of Karaj County, Alborz province, Iran, serving as the administrative center for Mohammadabad Rural District.{{cite report|title=Creation and formation of 29 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Karaj County under Tehran province|id=Notification 118172T943|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=The Islamic Council Research Center|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110256|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121220045253/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110256|last=Mousavi|first=Mirhossein|archive-date=20 December 2012|orig-date=Approved 10 April 1366|date=30 September 1391|publisher=Ministry of Interior, Council of Ministers|access-date=15 December 2023}}
Demographics
=Population=
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 83,126 in 21,071 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 119,418 people in 35,902 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}}
See also
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{{Alborz Province|state=collapsed}}
{{Karaj County|state=collapsed}}
Category:Cities in Alborz province
Category:Populated places in Karaj County
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