Qazvin County Persian:شهرستان قزوین | |
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 Landscape in theAlamut region of Qazvin County | |
 Location of Qazvin County in Qazvin province (yellow) | |
 Location of Qazvin province in Iran | |
| Coordinates:36°28′N49°55′E / 36.467°N 49.917°E /36.467; 49.917[1][2] | |
| Country | Iran |
| Province | Qazvin |
| Capital | Qazvin |
| Districts | Central,Alamut-e Gharbi,Alamut-e Sharqi,Kuhin,Tarom-e Sofla |
| Population (2016)[3] | |
• Total | 596,932 |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
| Qazvin County atGEOnet Names Server | |
Qazvin County (Persian:شهرستان قزوین) is inQazvin province, Iran. Its capital is the city ofQazvin.[4]
Persians,Azeris andTats are the largest ethnic groups in Qazvin County.[5][6] According to some sources, the majority of people in northern Qazvin (Alamut) areTats who speak a dialect of theTati language.[7][8][9][10][11][12] However, other sources claim that the majority of people in Alamut areMazandarani[13] orGilaks who speak a dialect of theMazandarani language orGilaki language.[14][15]
According to some linguists, the term "Tati" was used by Turkic speakers to refer to non-Turkic speakers.[16][17][18] This could explain why some sources claim the people of Alamut are Tats, while others claim they are Mazanderani or Gilaks. Likely, the "Tats" of Alamut areMazandarani[19] orGilak speakers who have been labeled as Tats, as historically they were considered Mazandarani or Gilaks.[20][21][15]
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the county's population was 530,961 in 142,781 households.[22] The following census in 2011 counted 566,773 people in 169,078 households.[23] The 2016 census measured the population of the county as 596,932 in 188,460 households.[3]
Qazvin County's population history and administrative structure over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.
| Administrative Divisions | 2006[22] | 2011[23] | 2016[3] |
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| Central District | 469,367 | 509,953 | 517,952 |
| Eqbal-e Gharbi RD | 37,488 | 36,404 | 27,796 |
| Eqbal-e Sharqi RD | 13,159 | 14,657 | 10,360 |
| Eqbaliyeh (city) | 49,230 | 55,498 | 55,066 |
| Mahmudabad-e Nemuneh (city) | 19,669 | 21,796 | 21,982 |
| Qazvin (city) | 349,821 | 381,598 | 402,748 |
| Kuhin District | 17,411 | 15,587 | 19,222 |
| Ilat-e Qaqazan-e Gharbi RD | 6,133 | 4,422 | 7,161 |
| Ilat-e Qaqazan-e Sharqi RD | 9,880 | 9,543 | 10,650 |
| Kuhin (city) | 1,398 | 1,622 | 1,411 |
| Rudbar-e Alamut-e Gharbi District[a] | 16,255 | 15,056 | 20,896 |
| Dastjerd RD | 1,611 | 1,881 | 2,704 |
| Rudbar-e Mohammad-e Zamani RD | 7,622 | 6,710 | 9,355 |
| Rudbar-e Shahrestan RD | 6,057 | 5,301 | 7,584 |
| Razmian (city) | 965 | 1,164 | 1,253 |
| Rudbar-e Alamut-e Sharqi District[b] | 12,519 | 9,801 | 13,701 |
| Alamut-e Bala RD | 4,398 | 3,622 | 5,067 |
| Alamut-e Pain RD | 3,596 | 2,999 | 3,241 |
| Moallem Kalayeh RD | 2,329 | 1,573 | 3,170 |
| Moallem Kalayeh (city) | 2,196 | 1,607 | 2,223 |
| Tarom-e Sofla District | 15,409 | 15,839 | 25,160 |
| Chuqur RD | 2,308 | 2,161 | 3,547 |
| Khandan RD | 7,892 | 7,856 | 12,013 |
| Kuhgir RD | 2,873 | 1,861 | 4,547 |
| Niyarak RD | 1,874 | 2,923 | 4,248 |
| Sirdan (city) | 462 | 1,038 | 805 |
| Total | 530,961 | 566,773 | 596,932 |
| RD = Rural District | |||
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