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Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

. Its capital is the city of Jafariyeh. At the 2006 census, the region's population (as Qahan Rural District and the former Jafarabad District of

Qom County Qom County ( fa, شهرستان قم) is located in Qom province, Iran. The capital of the county is Qom Qom (also spelled as "Ghom", "Ghum", or "Qum") ( fa, قم ) is the seventh largest metropolis and also the seventh largest city in Ir ...

) was 19,594 in 4,859 households. The following census in 2011 counted 20,064 people in 5,557 households. At the 2016 census, there were 21,963 in 6,429 households. After the census, the rural district and district were separated from the county and divided into the

and Qahan Districts, the former including the newly formed Baqerabad Rural District, and the latter containing the new Kohandan Rural District. The city of Jafariyeh was proclaimed capital of Jafarabad County.

Administrative divisions

The population history of Jafarabad County's administrative divisions (as a district of Qom County) over three consecutive censuses is shown in the following table.

References

Counties of Qom Province {{Qom-geo-stub