Hafshejan Sugar Factory or Karkhaneh Qand-e Hafshejan () is a village and industrial settlement in Taqanak Rural District, in the Central District of Shahrekord County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, Iran. It is located near the city of Hafshejan, on the Shahrekord–Hafshejan road, and is associated with the Chaharmahal Sugar Factory.
The settlement takes its name from the sugar factory around which it developed. In Persian, karkhaneh qand means "sugar factory". The site is connected with the sugar industry of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, especially the processing of sugar beet and the production of white sugar.
Name The English name Hafshejan Sugar Factory is a descriptive translation of the Persian name . The name is also romanized as Karkhaneh Qand-e Hafshejan. The term refers both to the industrial plant and to the small settlement associated with it.
Geography Hafshejan Sugar Factory is located in the central part of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, near Hafshejan and Shahrekord. The company address is given as kilometre 12 of the Shahrekord–Hafshejan road. Balad also locates the company in Hafshejan, in Shahrekord County, on the road known locally as the sugar factory road.
The settlement lies in the wider rural and industrial landscape between Shahrekord and Hafshejan. Its location close to agricultural land is significant because the factory has historically been connected with sugar-beet cultivation and processing.
Population At the time of the 2011 National Census, the population of Hafshejan Sugar Factory was 266 people in 67 families.
Sugar factory The Chaharmahal Sugar Factory is one of the main industrial features of the settlement. According to company information, the factory was established in 1971, originally under the name Kourosh Kabir, with the participation of Belgian specialists. Its principal activities include the production of white sugar from sugar beet, molasses and beet pulp, as well as the refining and processing of raw sugar.
The factory later operated as the Food Products and Chaharmahal Sugar Company. Company and financial listings identify it by the stock-market symbol Ghechar and describe its main field of activity as sugar production.
The factory has remained connected with the agricultural economy of the province. In 2019, Iranian local media reported on sugar-beet deliveries to the Hafshejan sugar factory and the processing of beet into white sugar in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province.
Economy The economy of Hafshejan Sugar Factory is closely tied to the Chaharmahal Sugar Factory. The factory produces sugar and related by-products, including molasses and beet pulp. These activities connect the settlement with both local agriculture and the wider Iranian sugar industry.
Because the settlement developed around an industrial plant rather than as a traditional agricultural village, its identity is closely linked to the factory and to the Shahrekord–Hafshejan transport corridor.
See also
Hafshejan Shahrekord County Taqanak Sugar industry in Iran
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