Kelardasht County

Kelardasht County is in Mazandaran province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Kelardasht. Kelardasht corresponds to historical Kelarestaq.
The county is bordered by Chalus County on the east, Tonekabon County on the west, Abbasabad County on the north, and Alborz province on the south.

History

In 2010, Kelardasht-e [Gharbi Rural District] was created in Kelardasht District of Chalus County. Birun Bashm and Kuhestan [Rural District (Chalus County)|Kuhestan] Rural Districts, and the city of Marzanabad, were separated from the district in the formation of Marzanabad District.
In 2013, Kelardasht District was separated from the county and transformed into Kelardasht County, with Kelardasht as its capital and only city at the time.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the population was 36,458 in 10,092 households. The following census in 2011 counted 17,350 people in 5,390 households. The 2016 census measured the population as 23,648 in 8,067 households, by which time the district had been transformed into Kelardasht County.

Administrative divisions

Kelardasht County's population and administrative structure are shown in the following table.