Sharifabad
Persian: شریف آباد | |
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City | |
Coordinates: 36°12′42″N 50°09′01″E / 36.21167°N 50.15028°E[1] | |
Country | Iran |
Province | Qazvin |
County | Alborz |
District | Mohammadiyeh |
Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 20,347 |
Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
Sharifabad (Persian: شريف اباد), also Romanized as Sharīfābād,[3] formerly Sharifiyeh (شريفيه), is a city in Mohammadiyeh District of Alborz County, Qazvin province, Iran, serving as the administrative center for Sharifabad Rural District.[4]
At the 2006 census, its population was 16,551 in 4,248 households, when it was the village of Sharifabad in Sharifabad Rural District.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 21,009 people in 6,112 households,[6] by which time the village had been elevated to the status of a city and renamed Sharifiyeh.[4] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 20,347 people in 6,074 households.[2]
In October 2023, the name of city was changed back to Sharifabad.[7]