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District A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

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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 ...

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Qom Qom (also spelled as "Ghom", "Ghum", or "Qum") ( fa, قم ) is the seventh largest metropolis and also the seventh largest city in Iran. Qom is the capital of Qom Province. It is located to the south of Tehran. At the 2016 census, its popul ...

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County A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesChambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...

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Dastjerd Dastjerd ( fa, دستجرد, also Romanize Romanization or romanisation, in linguistics, is the conversion of text from a different writing system to the Roman (Latin) script, or a system for doing so. Methods of romanization include transl ...

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IRST An infrared search and track (IRST) system (sometimes known as infrared sighting and tracking) is a method for detecting and tracking objects which give off infrared radiation, such as the infrared signatures of jet aircraft and helicopters. IR ...

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. Its capital is the city of

. The district's name is derived from the Khalaj people.

History

After the 2016 National Census,

Qahan Rural District Qahan Rural District ( fa, دهستان قاهان) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in Qahan, Qom County, Qom Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Wester ...

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Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 census, the district's population was 9,534 in 3,110 households. The following census in 2011 counted 8,079 people in 2,961 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the district as 7,207 inhabitants in 2,792 households.

Administrative divisions

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References