Abyek County
| Abyek County Persian: شهرستان آبیک | |
|---|---|
|  Location of Abyek County in Qazvin province (right, green) | |
|  Location of Qazvin province in Iran | |
| Coordinates: 36°06′N 50°23′E / 36.100°N 50.383°E[1] | |
| Country | Iran | 
| Province | Qazvin | 
| Established | 2001[2] | 
| Capital | Abyek | 
| Districts | Central, Basharyat | 
| Population  (2016)[3] | |
|  • Total | 94,536 | 
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) | 
| Abyek County at GEOnet Names Server | |
Abyek County (Persian: شهرستان آبیک) is in Qazvin province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Abyek.[2]
History
In 2020, the villages of Qeshlaq and Ziaran were converted to cities.[4]
Demographics
Ethnicity
The majority of Abyek County's people are Azerbaijani Turks.[5][6]
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the county's population was 89,334 in 23,132 households.[7] The following census in 2011 counted 93,844 people in 26,944 households.[8] The 2016 census measured the population of the county as 94,536 in 29,234 households.[3]
Administrative divisions
Abyek County's population history and administrative structure over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.
| Administrative Divisions | 2006[7] | 2011[8] | 2016[3] | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Central District | 68,350 | 75,993 | 78,157 | 
| Kuhpayeh-e Gharbi RD | 4,157 | 2,798 | 3,066 | 
| Kuhpayeh-e Sharqi RD | 4,936 | 5,668 | 4,614 | 
| Ziaran RD | 12,024 | 11,748 | 10,370 | 
| Abyek (city) | 47,233 | 55,779 | 60,107 | 
| Qeshlaq (city)[a] | |||
| Ziaran (city)[a] | |||
| Basharyat District | 20,984 | 17,851 | 16,379 | 
| Basharyat-e Gharbi RD[b] | 10,556 | 8,306 | 7,549 | 
| Basharyat-e Sharqi RD | 7,282 | 6,193 | 5,682 | 
| Khak-e Ali (city) | 3,146 | 3,352 | 3,148 | 
| Total | 89,334 | 93,844 | 94,536 | 
| RD = Rural District | |||
See also
 Media related to Abyek County at Wikimedia Commons
 Media related to Abyek County at Wikimedia Commons 
Notes
References
- ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (13 September 2024). "East Kuhpayeh RD, Abyek Central District, Abyek County, Qazvin Province, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ^ a b c Habibi, Hassan (29 July 2001) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1380/05/07 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصویب نامه راجع به اصلاحات و تغییرات تقسیماتی در استان قزوین [Approval letter regarding reforms and divisional changes in Qazvin province]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. شناسه [ID] 60BC6176-4586-4C9C-9594-CB1FCD95E4C8. شماره دوره [Course number] 80. Archived from the original on 25 June 2025. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
- ^ a b c سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان قزوین [General Population and Housing Census 2016: Qazvin Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ a b Jahangiri, Eshaq (1 November 2020) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1399/08/11 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصویب نامه در خصوص تقسیمات کشوری در شهرستان آبیک استان قزوین مصوب [Resolution on national divisions in Abyek County, Qazvin province]. مهدی داودآبادی [Mehdi Davudabadi] (in Persian). وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. پیشنهاد شماره [Proposal Number] 112529. Archived from the original on 25 June 2025. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
- ^ Fars news agency
- ^ "Abeikis". Archived from the original on 29 June 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
- ^ a b سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان قزوین [General Population and Housing Census 2006: Qazvin Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ^ a b سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان قزوین [General Population and Housing Census 2011: Qazvin Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 19 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
 

