Rudbar-e Alamut-e Sharqi District

"Rudbar-e Alamut" redirects here. For the historical region, see Alamut. For other places with a similar name, see Alamut.

Not to be confused with Rudbar-e Alamut-e Gharbi District, Alamut-e Bala Rural District, or Alamut-e Pain Rural District.

Rudbar-e Alamut-e Sharqi District (Persian: بخش رودبار الموت شرقی)^[a] is in Qazvin County, Qazvin province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Moallem Kalayeh.^[5]

Rudbar-e Alamut-e Sharqi District Persian: بخش رودبار الموت شرقی
District
Landscape in Alamut region
Rudbar-e Alamut-e Sharqi District
Coordinates: 36°26′N 50°36′E[1][2]
Country	Iran
Province	Qazvin
County	Qazvin
Capital	Moallem Kalayeh
Population  (2016)[3]
• Total	13,701
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Demographics

Language and ethnicity

The majority of people in the district are Tats who speak a dialect of the Tati language.^{[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]} A minority of Azerbaijani people also live in the district.^[18][19]

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the district's population was 12,519 in 4,128 households.^[20] The following census in 2011 counted 9,801 people in 3,673 households.^[21] The 2016 census measured the population of the district as 13,701 inhabitants in 5,133 households.^[3]

Administrative divisions

Rudbar-e Alamut-e Sharqi District Population

Administrative Divisions	2006[20]	2011[21]	2016[3]
Alamut-e Bala RD	4,398	3,622	5,067
Alamut-e Pain RD	3,596	2,999	3,241
Moallem Kalayeh RD	2,329	1,573	3,170
Moallem Kalayeh (city)	2,196	1,607	2,223
Total	12,519	9,801	13,701
RD = Rural District

See also

• Dineh Kuh, "The Village of Mothers"

Notes

1. Formerly Rudbar-e Alamut District (بخش رودبار الموت)^[4]