Palangabad District () is in

Eshtehard County Eshtehard County () is in Alborz province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Eshtehard. History In 2010, Karaj County was separated from Tehran province in the establishment of Alborz The Alborz ( ) range, also spelled as Alburz, Elburz ...

Alborz The Alborz ( ) range, also spelled as Alburz, Elburz or Elborz, is a mountain range in northern Iran that stretches from the border of Azerbaijan along the western and entire southern coast of the Caspian Sea and finally runs northeast and merge ...

province,

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

. Its capital is the city of Palangabad.

History

In 2010,

Karaj County Karaj County () is in Alborz province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Karaj. History In 2009, three villages merged in forming the city of Asara. In 2010, the county separated from Tehran Tehran (; , ''Tehrân'') is the capital ...

was separated from

Tehran Tehran (; , ''Tehrân'') is the capital and largest city of Iran. It is the capital of Tehran province, and the administrative center for Tehran County and its Central District (Tehran County), Central District. With a population of around 9. ...

province in the establishment of

province. In 2012, Eshtehard District was separated from the county in establishing

, which was divided into two districts of two rural districts each, with

Eshtehard Eshtehard () is a city in the Central District of Eshtehard County, Alborz province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. Demographics Language and ethnicity The majority of the people of Eshtehard belong to the ...

as its capital and only city at the time. The village of Palangabad was elevated to the status of a city in 2018.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2016 census, the district's population was 2,625 in 819 households.

Administrative divisions

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