Gharqabad

For the village in Khuzestan province, see Gharabad.

Gharqabad (Persian: غرق آباد)^[a] is a city in Nowbaran District of Saveh County, Markazi province, Iran.^[4]

Gharqabad Persian: غرق آباد
City
Gharqabad
Coordinates: 35°06′27″N 49°49′53″E[1]
Country	Iran
Province	Markazi
County	Saveh
District	Nowbaran
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	5,375
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Etymology

In antiquity the city was named "Karagava," whose derivation is karag (tax) and ava (place). Locally the city is still referred to as "Kargava."^{[citation needed]}

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 4,394 in 1,229 households.^[5] The following census in 2011 counted 4,992 people in 1,518 households.^[6] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 5,375 people in 1,805 households.^[2]

See also

Iran portal

Notes

1. Also romanized as Gharqābād and Gharaqābād; also known as Ghargh Abad^[3]