Palangabad
Persian: پلنگآباد
City
Palangabad is located in Iran
Palangabad
Palangabad
Coordinates: 35°44′04″N 50°37′20″E / 35.73444°N 50.62222°E / 35.73444; 50.62222[1]
Country Iran
ProvinceAlborz
CountyEshtehard
DistrictPalangabad
Population
 (2016)
 • Total1,012
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Palangabad (Persian: پلنگآباد, also Romanized as Palangābād; also known as Qelīchābād)[2] is a city in, and the capital of, Palangabad District of Eshtehard County, Alborz province, Iran, and also serves as the administrative center for Palangabad Rural District.[3]

At the 2006 census, its population was 1,026 in 285 families, when it was a village in Palangabad Rural District of Eshtehard District, Karaj County, Tehran province.[4]

In August 2010, Karaj County, Nazarabad County, and Savojbolagh County were separated from Tehran province in the establishment of Alborz province.[5]

In June 2012, Eshtehard District was separated from Karaj County in the establishment of Eshtehard County, which was divided into two districts of two rural districts each, with Eshtehard as its capital and only city at the time.[3]

At the latest census in 2016, the population of Palangabad was 1,012 in 306 households. It was the largest village in its rural district.[6]

After the census, the village was elevated to the status of a city.[7]

References

  1. ↑ OpenStreetMap contributors (24 March 2023). "Palangabad, Eshtehard County" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  2. ↑ 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".
  3. 1 2 Rahimi, Mohammadreza (10 June 2012). "Eshtehard county was added to the map of country divisions". DOLAT (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Political and Defense Commission. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  4. ↑ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 23. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  5. ↑ Larijani, Ali (16 April 1389). "Alborz province establishment law". Lamtakam (in Persian). Guardian Council. Archived from the original on 16 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  6. ↑ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 30. Archived from the original (Excel) on 28 January 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  7. ↑ "Palangabad became a city". Jamaran News (in Persian). Ministry of Interior. 7 October 2019. Archived from the original on 24 March 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
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