Khvajeh Shahr
Persian: خواجو شهر
City
Khvajeh Shahr is located in Iran
Khvajeh Shahr
Khvajeh Shahr
Coordinates: 29°16′19″N 55°49′56″E / 29.27194°N 55.83222°E / 29.27194; 55.83222[1]
Country Iran
ProvinceKerman
CountySirjan
DistrictGolestan
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total2,478
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Khvajeh Shahr (Persian: خواجو شهر), formerly Malekabad (ملك اباد), also Romanized as Malekābād, Malakābād, and Malikābād,[3] is a city in, and the capital of, Golestan District of Sirjan County, Kerman province, Iran, and also serves as the administrative center for Malekabad Rural District.[4]

At the 2006 census, its population was 1,370 in 336 households, when it was a village in Malekabad Rural District of the Central District.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 1,507 people in 442 households,[6] by which time the rural district had been separated from the district in the establishment of Golestan District. The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 2,478 people in 777 households,[2] when the village of Malekabad had been renamed Khvajeh Shahr and elevated to the status of a city.[4]

References

  1. ↑ OpenStreetMap contributors (11 July 2023). "Khvajeh Shahr, Sirjan County" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 08. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. ↑ Malekabad can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3073707" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  4. 1 2 Rahimi, Mohammadreza (6 October 2011). "With some changes in the geographical map of three provinces, nine new cities were added to the map of the country's divisions". Fars News (in Persian). Ministry of Interior. Archived from the original on 17 April 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  5. ↑ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 08. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  6. ↑ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)" (Excel). Iran Data Portal (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 08. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
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