Chehel Chay Rural District

Chehel Chay Rural District Persian: دهستان چهل چائ
Rural District
Chehel Chay Rural District
Coordinates: 37°09′N 55°21′E / 37.150°N 55.350°E / 37.150; 55.350[1][2]
Country	Iran
Province	Golestan
County	Minudasht
District	Central
Established	1987[3]
Capital	Qalami
Population  (2016)[4]
• Total	25,565
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Chehel Chay Rural District (Persian: دهستان چهل چائ) is in the Central District of Minudasht County, Golestan province, Iran.^[5] Its capital is the village of Qalami.^[6] The previous capital of the rural district was the village of Alqajar,^[3] now a city.^[6]

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district's population was 23,978 in 6,003 households.^[7] There were 26,392 inhabitants in 7,425 households at the following census of 2011.^[8] The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 25,565 in 7,789 households. The most populous of its 40 villages was Alqajar (now a city),^[6] with 4,780 people.^[4]

Other villages in the rural district

• Abbasabad-e Amelak
• Baz Gir
• Dasht Halqeh
• Guggol
• Hasan Khan
• Kalu Kand
• Koveyt Mahalleh
• Mohammad Zaman Khan
• Mohammadabad
• Parsah Su
• Pas Poshteh
• Qarah Cheshmeh
• Sherkat-e Sahra
• Takht

See also

Iran portal

References

1. OpenStreetMap contributors (19 December 2025). "Alqajar, دهستان چهل چای, بخش مرکزی [Chehel Chay Rural District, Central District], Minudasht County, Golestan Province, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 19 December 2025.
2. "582X+2X5 Baqerabad, Golestan Province, Iran" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
3. Mousavi, Mir-Hossein (9 August 1987) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1366/05/18 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. ایجاد و تشکیل 23 دهستان شامل روستاها، مزارع و مکانها در شهرستان گنبد کاووس تابع استان مازندران [‌Creation and establishment of 23 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Gonbad-e Kavus County under Mazandaran province]. مرکز پژوهشهای مجلس شورای اسلامی ایران [Research Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. پیشنهاد شماره [Proposal No.] 140.1.5.53. Archived from the original on 25 December 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
4. سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان گلستان [General Population and Housing Census 2016: Golestan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
5. Mousavi, Mir-Hossein (12 July 1989) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1368/04/21 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. ایجاد و تأسیس شهرستان مینودشت در تابعیت استان مازندران [‌Creation and establishment of Minudasht County under the citizenship of Mazandaran province]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. شناسه [ID] F7599B57-4BA6-4BBB-8E77-F8B13EA44BB0. شماره دوره [Course number] 68, شماره جلد [Volume number] 8. Archived from the original on 13 February 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
6. Mokhber, Mohammad (25 June 2023) [۱۴۰۲/۴/۴ (1402/4/4) (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصویب‌نامه در خصوص تبدیل روستای القجر دهستان چهل‌چای بخش مرکزی شهرستان مینودشت استان گلستان، به شهر [‌The approval letter regarding the conversion of Alqajar village of Chehel Chay Rural District, Central District of Minudasht County, Golestan province, into a city]. پژوهشکده حقوقی شهر دانش [Shahr Danesh Law Research Institute] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. پیشنهاد شماره ۶۳۴۱۹ [Proposal No. 63419]. Archived from the original on 11 December 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
7. سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان گلستان [General Population and Housing Census 2006: Golestan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
8. سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان گلستان [General Population and Housing Census 2011: Golestan Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 17 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.