Alamut-e Sharqi District , meaning "East Alamut District", formerly
Rudbar-e Alamut District, is a district (
bakhsh) in
Qazvin County,
Qazvin Province,
Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 12,519, in 4,128 families. The District has one city:
Moallem Kalayeh. The District has three
rural districts (
dehestan):
Alamut-e Bala Rural District,
Alamut-e Pain Rural District, and
Moallem Kalayeh Rural District. People of Alamut-e Sharqi belong to the
Tat ethnic group and they speak
Tati language.