Kojur

For the administrative divisions, see Kojur District, Baladeh Kojur Rural District, and Tavabe-ye Kojur Rural District.

Kojur Persian: کجور
City
The city of Kojur
Kojur
Coordinates: 36°23′05″N 51°43′37″E / 36.38472°N 51.72694°E / 36.38472; 51.72694[1][2]
Country	Iran
Province	Mazandaran
County	Nowshahr
District	Kojur
Established as a city	2012[3]
Population  (2016)[4]
• Total	3,120
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Kojur (Persian: کجور)^[a] is a city in Kojur District of Nowshahr County, Mazandaran province, Iran, serving as the administrative center for Tavabe-ye Kojur Rural District.^[6] Kojur was founded by the Paduspanid ruler Eskandar II.^{[citation needed]}

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, Kojur's population was 2,215 in 570 households, when it was a village in Tavabe-ye Kojur Rural District.^[7] The following census in 2011 counted 3,328 people in 1,017 households.^[8] The 2016 census measured the population as 3,120 people in 1,052 households,^[4] by which time the village of Kojur had been converted to a city.^[3]

See also

• Kojur River

Iran portal

Notes

1. Also known as Baladeh-ye Kujūr, Dehe Kujūr, Kujur, and Kujūr^[5]

References

1. OpenStreetMap contributors (22 October 2024). "Pi Chelow, دهستان توابع کجور, بخش کجور [Tavabe-ye Kojur Rural District, Kojur District], Nowshahr County, Mazandaran Province, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 22 October 2024.
2. "9PMG+VQP Kojur, Mazandaran Province, Iran" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
3. Rahimi, Mohammad Reza (25 July 2012) [مصوب (Approved on) 1391,05,04 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. اصلاحات تقسيماتي در استان مازندران [‌Divisional reforms in Mazandaran province]. سامانه ملی قوانین و مقررات [National System of Laws and Regulations] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board]. پيشنهاد شماره [Proposal numbers] 5622/42/4/1, 144980/42/4/1, and 40794/42/4/1. Archived from the original on 22 May 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
4. سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان مازندران [General Population and Housing Census 2016: Mazandaran Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
5. Kojur can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3071762" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
6. Mousavi, Mir-Hossein (22 April 1987) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1366/02/02 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. قوانین و مقررات › ایجاد و تشکیل تعداد 11 دهستان شامل روستاها، مزارع و مکانهای واقع در شهرستان نوشهر تابعه استان مازندران [‌Creation and formation of 11 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Nowshahr County, 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.] 11263.5.53. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
7. سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان مازندران [General Population and Housing Census 2006: Mazandaran 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 مازندران [General Population and Housing Census 2011: Mazandaran Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 19 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.