Palangabad, Alborz

Palangabad
Persian: پلنگآباد
City
Palangabad is located in Iran
Palangabad
Palangabad
Coordinates: 35°44′04″N 50°37′22″E / 35.73444°N 50.62278°E / 35.73444; 50.62278[1]
CountryIran
ProvinceAlborz
CountyEshtehard
DistrictPalangabad
Established as a city2019[2][3]
Population
 (2016)[4]
 • Total
1,012
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Palangabad (Persian: پلنگآباد)[a] is a city in, and the capital of, Palangabad District in Eshtehard County, Alborz province, Iran. It also serves as the administrative center for Palangabad Rural District.[6]

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, Palangabad's population was 1,026 in 285 households, when it was a village in Palangabad Rural District of the former Eshtehard District in Karaj County, Tehran province.[7] In 2010, the county was separated from the province in the establishment of Alborz province.[8] In 2012, the district was separated from the county in establishing Eshtehard County, and the rural district was transferred to the new Palangabad District.[6] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 1,012 in 306 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.[4]

Palangabad was elevated to the status of a city in 2019.[2][3]

See also

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Notes

  1. ↑ Also romanized as Palangābād; also known as Qelīchābād[5]

References

  1. ↑ OpenStreetMap contributors (8 April 2025). "Palangabad, Eshtehard County" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 8 April 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Palangabad became a city". jamaran.news (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior. 7 October 2019. Archived from the original on 24 March 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2023 – via Islamic Republic News Agency.
  3. 1 2 Fazli, Abdolreza Rahmani (14 January 2020) [17 May 2017]. Approvals of the Ministry of the Interior on the Conversion of District Center Villages into Cities. sdil.ac.ir (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Cabinet of Ministers. Letter 33667/59806. Archived from the original on 2 April 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2025 – via Shahr Danesh Legal Research Institute.
  4. 1 2 Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Alborz Province. amar.org.ir (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 28 January 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  5. ↑ Palangabad can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3077685" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  6. 1 2 Rahimi, Mohammad Reza (2012) [Approved 17 March 1391]. Approval letter regarding national divisions in Alborz province. rc.majlis.ir (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Board of Ministers. Notification 50868/T46965H. Archived from the original on 5 February 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2024 – via The Research Center of the Islamic Council of Iran.
  7. ↑ Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Tehran Province. amar.org.ir (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  8. ↑ Larijani, Ali (2010) [Approved 16 April 1389]. Alborz province establishment law. lamtakam.com (Report) (in Persian). Guardian Council. Notification 412/30588. Archived from the original on 16 December 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2024 – via Lam ta Kam.
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