Qaem Shahr County

Qaem Shahr County is in Mazandaran province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Qaem Shahr.

History
The city was previously known as Aliabad. With the Pahlavi dynasty, the city changed its name to Shahi in honor of Reza Shah, who was born in Alasht, a village close by. The county was renamed to Qaem Shahr after the 1979 revolution. Qaemshahr is located in the junction of the two major transit roads of Haraz and Firûzkûh, which connect Mazandaran to the capital of Iran, Tehran.

After the 2011 National Census, Kiakola District was separated from the county in the establishment of Simorgh County, and the village of Qadi Kola-ye Arateh merged with four other villages to form the city of Arateh.

Population
At the time of the 2006 census, the county's population was 293,721 in 79,707 households. The following census in 2011 counted 320,741 people in 97,552 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the county as 309,199 in 102,950 households.

Administrative divisions
Qaem Shahr County's population history and administrative structure over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.