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Mahdasht

Mahdasht is a city in the Central District of Karaj County, Alborz province, Iran. The village of Mardabad was converted to the city of Mahdasht in 1991.

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Mahdasht
Persian: ماهدشت
City
Mahdasht
Coordinates: 35°43′40″N 50°48′32″E / 35.72778°N 50.80889°E / 35.72778; 50.8088912
CountryIran
ProvinceAlborz
CountyKaraj
DistrictCentral
Established as a city19913
Population
 (2016)4
 • Total
62,910
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)
Area code026

Mahdasht (Persian: ماهدشت)a is a city in the Central District of Karaj County, Alborz province, Iran. The village of Mardabad was converted to the city of Mahdasht in 1991.3

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 43,100 in 10,760 households, when it was in Tehran province.6 The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 62,910 people in 19,147 households,4 by which time the county had been separated from the province in the establishment of Alborz province.7

Notable people

Baito Abbaspour, bodybuilder.8

Majid Khodabandelou, retired footballer who previously played in the top three divisions of the Iranian football league system.

See also

See also

Iran portal

Notes

Notes

  1. Also romanized as Māhdāsht; formerly known as Mardabad (مَردآباد),3 also romanized as Mardābād5
References

References

  1. OpenStreetMap contributors (17 August 2024). "Hajjiabad, Karaj County, Alborz Province, 31862-33187, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  2. "PRH5+4H6 Mahdasht, Alborz Province, Iran" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  3. Habibi, Hassan (29 May 1991) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1370/03/08 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تبدیل روستای مردآباد کرج به شهر با نام جدید ماهدشت [‌Transforming the village of Mardabad, Karaj, into a city with the new name of Mahdasht]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board]. شناسه [ID] 0A202940-11BC-4DED-AA3E-4ADA9BC1E760. شماره دوره [Course number] 70. Archived from the original on 22 June 2025. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  4. سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان البرز [General Population and Housing Census 2016: Alborz Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 28 January 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  5. Mahdasht at GEOnet Names Server
  6. سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان تهران [General Population and Housing Census 2006: Tehran Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  7. Larijani, Ali (23 June 2010) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1389/04/02 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. قانون تأسیس استان البرز [‌Law on the establishment of Alborz province]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. مجلس شورای اسلامی [Islamic Consultative Assembly]. نامه شماره [Letter Number] 30588/412. Archived from the original on 16 December 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  8. "RIP Baito Abbaspour". 25 August 2015.