Ziaabad District ( fa, بخش ضیاءآباد) is a district (

bakhsh A ( fa, بخش, also romanized as ) is a third-level administrative division of Iran. While sometimes translated as "county," it is more accurately translated as "district," similar to a township in the United States or a district of En ...

) in

Takestan County Takestan County ( fa, شهرستان تاکستان, ''Šahrestân-e Tâkestân'') is in Qazvin province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Takestan Siadehan or Siaden ( Tati: , ''Siyâden''), also known as Takestan ( fa, تا ...

, Qazvin Province,

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 ...

. At the 2006 census, its population was 21,149, in 5,814 families. The District has one city:

Ziaabad Ziaabad ( fa, ضياءآباد, also Romanized as Ẕīā’ābād, Ẕeyā’ābād, and Zīya Abad; formerly, Shahr-e Shaqayeq (Persian: شَهرِ شَقايِق), also Romanized as Shahr-e Shaqāyeq) is a city and capital of Ziaabad District, ...

. The District has two

rural district Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of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 ...

s (''dehestan''):

Dodangeh-ye Olya Rural District Dodangeh-ye Olya Rural District ( fa, دهستان دودانگه عليا) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in Ziaabad District, Takestan County, Qazvin Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also c ...

and

Dodangeh-ye Sofla Rural District Dodangeh-ye Sofla Rural District ( fa, دهستان دودانگه سفلي) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in Ziaabad District, Takestan County, Qazvin Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also ...

References

Districts of Qazvin Province Takestan County {{Takestan-geo-stub