Khenejin

Khenejin is a city in, and the capital of, Khenejin District of Farahan County, Markazi province, Iran. It also serves as the administrative center for Khenejin Rural District.

Demographics

Ethnicity

The city is populated by Persians and Khalaji Turks.

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, Khenejin's population was 2,909 in 741 households, when it was a village in Khenejin Rural District of the Central District of Komijan County. The following census in 2011 counted 2,745 people in 870 households, by which time the rural district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Farahan County. The rural district was transferred to the new Khenejin District. The 2016 census measured the population as 3,235 people in 1,041 households, when Khenejin had been elevated to the status of a city.