At the 2006 National Census, its population was 1,473 in 338 households, when it was in the former
Marhemetabad District of
Miandoab County.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 2,000 people in 552 households.[6] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 2,064 people in 614 households.[2]
In July 2021, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Chaharborj County, which was divided into two districts of two rural districts each, with
Chahar Borj as its capital and only city.[4]
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