Alamut-e Sharqi District

Alamut-e Sharqi District
Bakhsh
Country  Iran
Province Qazvin
County Qazvin
Population (2011 Census)
 • Total 9,801[1]
Time zone UTC+3:30 (IRST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+4:30 (IRDT)
Top view of Alamut region

Alamut-e Sharqi District (Persian: بخش الموت شرقی‎), meaning "East Alamut District", formerly Rudbar-e Alamut District, is a district (bakhsh) in Qazvin County, Qazvin Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 12,519, in 4,128 families.[2] The District has one city: Moallem Kalayeh. The District has three rural districts (dehestan): Alamut-e Bala Rural District, Alamut-e Pain Rural District, and Moallem Kalayeh Rural District. People of Alamut-e Sharqi belong to the Tat ethnic group and they speak Tati language.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)". Islamic Republic of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 2016-10-06.
  2. ↑ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". Islamic Republic of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 2011-11-11.
  3. ↑ A Grammar of Southern Tati Dialects, Ehsan Yar-Shater, 1969.
  4. ↑ Tats of Iran and Caucasus, Ali Abdoli, 2010.

Coordinates: 36°28′28″N 50°34′52″E / 36.47444°N 50.58111°E / 36.47444; 50.58111


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