Koshksaray District

Koshksaray District
Persian: بخش کشکسرای
Koshksaray District
Coordinates: 38°30′N 45°28′E / 38.500°N 45.467°E / 38.500; 45.467[1][2]
CountryIran
ProvinceEast Azerbaijan
CountyMarand
Established2020[3]
CapitalKoshksaray
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Koshksaray District (Persian: بخش کشکسرای) is in Marand County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Koshksaray,[3] whose population at the time of the 2016 National Census was 12,250 people in 2,980 households.[4]

History

In 2020, Koshksaray Rural District and the city of Koshksaray were separated from the Central District in the formation of Koshksaray District.[3] The village of Dizaj Hoseyn Beyg was converted to a city in 2021.[5]

Demographics

Administrative divisions

Koshksaray District
Administrative Divisions
Koshksaray RD
Yalquz Aghaj RD
Dizaj Hoseyn Beyg (city)[a]
Koshksaray (city)
RD = Rural District

See also

Iran portal

Notes

  1. ^ Became a city after the 2016 census[5]

References

  1. ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (18 September 2025). "دهستان کشکسرای, بخش مرکزی [Koshksaray Rural District, Central District], Marand County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 18 September 2025.
  2. ^ "GF28+2MV Jameh Bozorg, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
  3. ^ a b c Jahangiri, Eshaq (30 December 2020) [مصوب 1399,10,10 (Approval date) 1399/10/10 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصويب نامه در خصوص تقسيمات كشوري در شهرستان مرند استان آذربايجان [‌Approval letter regarding national divisions in Marand County, Azerbaijan province]. سامانه ملی قوانین و مقررات [National System of Laws and Regulations] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. پيشنهاد 162260 [Proposal 162260]. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  4. ^ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان آذربایجان شرقی [General Population and Housing Census 2016: East Azerbaijan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  5. ^ a b Jahangiri, Eshaq (25 May 2021) [شماره ۲۴۰۰۱/ت ۵۸۴۰۲هـ- ۱۴۰۰/۳/۴ (No. 24001/T 58402 AH- 4/3/1400) (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصویب‌نامه در خصوص تبدیل روستای دیزج حسین‏‌بیگ دهستان یالقوز آغاج بخش کشکسرای شهرستان مرند استان آذربایجان شرقی، به شهر [‌Approval regarding the conversion of the village of Dizaj Hoseyn Beyg, Yalquz Aghaj Rural District, Koshksaray District, Marand County, East Azerbaijan province, into a city]. پژوهشکده حقوقی شهر دانش [Shahr Danesh Law Research Institute] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. پیشنهاد شماره ۱۶۸۲۵۴ [Proposal number] 168254. Archived from the original on 1 October 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2025.