Nofel Loshato District
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Nofel Loshato District or Kahak District is a district (bakhsh
) in Qom County
, Qom Province
, Iran
. At the 2006 census, its population was 14,621, in 4,194 families. The District has one city: Kahak
. The district is named after Neauphle-le-Château
, where Ayatollah Khomeini spent his exile in France.
Bakhsh
A bakhsh is a type of administrative division of Iran. While sometimes translated as county, it is more accurately translated as district, as they are similar to a township in the United States or a district of England....
) in Qom County
Qom County
Qom County is a county in Qom Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Qom. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 1,036,714, in 262,313 families. The county has five districts: Jafarabad District, Khalajastan District, the Central District, Nofel Loshato District, and Salafchegan...
, Qom Province
Qom Province
Qombol Province is one of the 31 provinces of Iran with 11,237 km², covering 0.89% of the total area in Iran. It is in the north of the country, and its provincial capital is the city of Qom. It was formed from part of Tehran Province in 1995. In 2005, this province had a population of...
, Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
. At the 2006 census, its population was 14,621, in 4,194 families. The District has one city: Kahak
Kahak, Qom
Kahak is a city in and capital of Nofel Loshato District of Qom County, Qom Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 2,766, in 797 families. The city was the birth place of Aga Khan I....
. The district is named after Neauphle-le-Château
Neauphle-le-Château
Neauphle-le-Château is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.-History:Neauphle-le-Château would gain international notoriety in 1978 when, on October 8th, Iranian spiritual leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini rented and moved into a local chateau...
, where Ayatollah Khomeini spent his exile in France.