Khvajeh Shahr
Khvajeh Shahr (Persian: خواجو شهر), formerly Malekabad (ملك اباد), also Romanized as Malekābād, Malakābād, and Malikābād, is a city in, and the capital of, Golestan District of Sirjan County, Kerman province, Iran. It also serves as the administrative center for Malekabad Rural District.
Khvajeh Shahr
Persian: خواجو شهر | |
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City | |
Khvajeh Shahr | |
| Coordinates: 29°16′19″N 55°49′56″E | |
| Country | Iran |
| Province | Kerman |
| County | Sirjan |
| District | Golestan |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Total | 2,478 |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
At the 2006 census, its population was 1,370 in 336 households, when it was a village in Malekabad Rural District of the Central District. The following census in 2011 counted 1,507 people in 442 households, by which time the rural district had been separated from the district in the establishment of Golestan District. The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 2,478 people in 777 households, when the village of Malekabad had been renamed Khvajeh Shahr and elevated to the status of a city.