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{{Short description|District in Tehran province, Iran}}
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|name                    = Central District (Ray&nbsp;County)
|native_name             = {{langx|fa|بخش مرکزی شهرستان ری}}
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|coordinates             = {{Coord|35|35|21|N|51|28|45|E|dim:10km|display=inline,title}}
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|subdivision_type        = Country
|subdivision_name        = [[Iran]]
|subdivision_type1       = [[Provinces of Iran|Province]]
|subdivision_name1       = [[Tehran province|Tehran]]
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|subdivision_name2       = [[Ray County, Iran|Ray]]
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|population_total        = 84577
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The '''Central District of [[Ray County, Iran|Ray County]]''' ({{langx|fa|بخش مرکزی شهرستان ری}}) is in [[Tehran province|Tehran]] province, [[Iran]]. Its capital is the city of [[Ray, Iran|Ray]].<ref name="Tehran Province Structure">{{cite report|title=Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of Tehran province centered on the city of Tehran|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Islamic Parliament Research Center|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/113026|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141130203728/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/113026|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|archive-date=30 November 2014|id=Notification 8416/T133K|orig-date=Approved 21 June 1369|date=10 December 2014|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board|access-date=16 December 2023}}</ref>
==History==
After the 2006 National Census, villages were separated from the district in the formation of [[Khavaran District]], which was divided into [[Khavaran-e Gharbi Rural District|Khavaran-e Gharbi]] and [[Khavaran-e Sharqi Rural District|Khavaran-e Sharqi]] Rural Districts.<ref name="Khavaran District Formation">{{cite report|title=Approval letter regarding national divisions in Ray County in Tehran province|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Islamic Parliament Research Center|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/136184|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708150831/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/136184|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political and Defense Commission|last=Rahimi|first=Mohammad Reza|archive-date=8 July 2014|orig-date=Approved 7 July 1388|date=c. 2014|id=Proposal 85087/42/4/1; Notification 138588/T38423K|access-date=24 November 2023}}</ref>
==Demographics==
===Population===
At the time of the 2006 census, the district's population was 133,066 in 33,091 households.<ref name="2006 Tehran Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Tehran Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/23.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920084534/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/23.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}}</ref> The following census in 2011 counted 93,006 people in 26,069 households.<ref name="2011 Tehran Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Tehran Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=irandataportal.syr.edu|via=Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University|url=https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Tehran.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230120190153/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Tehran.xls|archive-date=20 January 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}}</ref> The 2016 census measured the population of the district as 84,577 inhabitants in 25,064 households.<ref name="2016 Tehran Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Tehran Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_23.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212171617/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_23.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=12 December 2021}}</ref>
===Administrative divisions===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Central District (Ray County) Population
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! Administrative Divisions !! 2006<ref name="2006 Tehran Province"/> !! 2011<ref name="2011 Tehran Province"/> !! 2016<ref name="2016 Tehran Province"/>
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| [[Azimiyeh Rural District|Azimiyeh RD]] || style="text-align: right;"| 65,133 || style="text-align: right;"| 61,810 || style="text-align: right;"| 55,564
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| [[Ghaniabad Rural District|Ghaniabad RD]] || style="text-align: right;"| 67,933 || style="text-align: right;"| 31,196 || style="text-align: right;"| 29,013
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| '''Total''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''133,066''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''93,006''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''84,577'''
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| colspan=4 | {{small|RD {{=}} Rural District}}
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==See also==
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== References ==
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{{Tehran Province|state=collapsed}}
{{Ray County, Iran|state=collapsed}}
[[Category:Districts of Tehran province]]
[[Category:Populated places in Ray County, Iran]]
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