Kahrizak
Kahrizak
City in Tehran province, Iran
Kahrizak (Persian: بخش کهریزک) is a city in, and the capital of, Kahrizak District of Ray County, Tehran province, Iran.[3] It also serves as the administrative center for Kahrizak Rural District.[4]
At the 2006 census, its population was 8,704 in 2,178 households.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 13,095 people in 2,925 households.[6] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 37,527 people in 10,701 households.[2]
The city is known as one of the oldest residential areas in Iran. There are few historical monuments in Kahrizak from its ancient history, A part of the buildings of the sugar factory and two summer residences of Fakhr al-Doleh Qajar are still standing.[citation needed]