Alqajar

Alqajar
Persian: القجر
City
Alqajar is located in Iran
Alqajar
Alqajar
Location within Iran
Coordinates: 37°12′39″N 55°20′44″E / 37.21083°N 55.34556°E / 37.21083; 55.34556
CountryIran
ProvinceGolestan
CountyMinudasht
DistrictCentral
Established as a city2023
Population
 (2016)
 • Total
4,780
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Alqajar (Persian: القجر) is a city in the Central District of Minudasht County, Golestan province, Iran. The city is on the foothills of the Eastern Alborz range, less than 5km southwest of the city of Minudasht.

As a village, it was the capital of Chehel Chay Rural District until its capital was transferred to the village of Qalami.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, Alqajar's population was 3,910 in 991 households, when it was a village in Chehel Chay Rural District. The following census in 2011 counted 4,893 people in 1,350 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 4,780 people in 1,428 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.

The village of Alqajar was converted to a city in 2023.

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 OpenStreetMap contributors (18 October 2024). "Kalu Kand, دهستان چهل چای, بخش مرکزی [Chehel Chay Rural District, Central District], Minudasht County, Golestan Province, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  2. ↑ "686W+86M Alghajar, Golestan Province, Iran" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Mokhber, Mohammad (25 June 2023) [۱۴۰۲/۴/۴ (1402/4/4) (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصویب‌نامه در خصوص تبدیل روستای القجر دهستان چهل‌چای بخش مرکزی شهرستان مینودشت استان گلستان، به شهر [‌The approval letter regarding the conversion of Alqajar village of Chehel Chay Rural District, Central District of Minudasht County, Golestan 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 ۶۳۴۱۹ [Proposal No. 63419]. Archived from the original on 11 December 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
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  5. ↑ Alqajar at GEOnet Names Server
  6. ↑ Mousavi, Mir-Hossein (9 August 1987) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1366/05/18 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. ایجاد و تشکیل 23 دهستان شامل روستاها، مزارع و مکانها در شهرستان گنبد کاووس تابع استان مازندران [‌Creation and establishment of 23 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Gonbad-e Kavus County under Mazandaran province]. مرکز پژوهشهای مجلس شورای اسلامی ایران [Research Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. پیشنهاد شماره [Proposal No.] 140.1.5.53. Archived from the original on 25 December 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
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