Kahrizak District ( fa, بخش کهریزک) is a district (
bakhsh
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) in
Ray County,
Tehran Province,
Iran
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. At the 2006 census, its population was 129,607, in 31,295 families. The District has two cities:
Kahrizak
Kahrizak (Kahrizak in Farsi, which is also called Kahrizak in Romani) is one of the cities of Tehran Province, Kahrizak, which is located in Iran
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and
Baqershahr
Baqershahr ( fa, باقرشهر; formerly, Baqerabad (Persian: باقِر آباد), also Romanized as Bāqerābād; also known as Bāqerābād-e Bāqerof and Bāqerābād-e Bāqer of) is a city in Kahrizak District, Ray County, Tehran Province, ...
. The District has one
rural district
Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of the Ad ...
(''dehestan''):
Kahrizak Rural District
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Up until 16 September 2012,
Qaleh Now Rural District
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Chaleh Tarkhan Rural District
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was part of Kahrizak District. the two mentioned rural districts separated from Kahrizak District, forming
Qaleh Now District
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References
Ray County, Iran
Districts of Tehran Province
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