Counties of Iran
Counties of Iran شهرستانهای ایران | |
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Found in | Provinces of Iran |
Number | 483 |
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Government of Islamic Republic of Iran |
Iran's counties (Persian:شهرستان,romanizedasšahrestân) areadministrative divisionsof largerprovinces(ostan). The wordshahrestancomes from the Persian wordsšahr( "city, town" ) andstân( "state, province" ). "County", therefore, is a near equivalent toshahrestan.
Counties are divided into one or more districts (baxšبخش). A typical district includes both cities (šahrشهر) and rural districts (dehestânدهستان), which are groupings of adjacent villages. One city within the county serves as the capital of that county, generally in its Central District.
Each county is governed by an office known asfarmândâri,which coordinates different public events and agencies and is headed by afarmândâr,the governor of the county and the highest-ranking official in the division.
Among theprovinces of Iran,Farshas the highest number ofshahrestans(37), whileQomhas the fewest (3). In 2005 Iran had 324shahrestans,while in as of now there are 483.
Guide
[edit]The total population of a province is the total of its counties.
The total population of a county is the total of its districts.
The total population of a district is the total of its cities and rural districts.
To better understand these subdivisions, the following table forPiranshahr CountyinWest Azerbaijan province(as it existed in 2006, 2011 and 2016) is an example showing the hierarchy of a county's divisions:
Administrative Divisions | 2006[1] | 2011[2] | 2016[3] |
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Central District | 84,920 | 99,205 | 115,200 |
Lahijan Rural District | 5,509 | 5,481 | 5,183 |
Mangur-e Gharbi Rural District | 9,120 | 8,999 | 9,090 |
Piran Rural District | 12,599 | 15,676 | 9,412 |
Piranshahr(city) | 57,692 | 69,049 | 91,515 |
Lajan District | 22,757 | 24,434 | 23,664 |
Lahijan-e Gharbi Rural District | 6,904 | 7,169 | 6,261 |
Lahijan-e Sharqi Rural District | 14,537 | 15,592 | 13,202 |
Gerd Kashaneh(city) | 1,316 | 1,673 | 4,201 |
Total | 107,677 | 123,639 | 138,864 |
List
[edit]The counties are listed below, by province, with the capital and the county containing the capital of the provinces in bold:
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)".AMAR(in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 04. Archived fromthe original(Excel)on 20 September 2011.Retrieved25 September2022.
- ^"Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)".Syracuse University(in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 04. Archived fromthe original(Excel)on 20 January 2023.Retrieved19 December2022.
- ^"Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)".AMAR(in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 04. Archived fromthe original(Excel)on 30 August 2022.Retrieved19 December2022.
- ^The capital,Ray,is part of the city ofTehran.
- ^SemiranandTajrishare part ofTehran.
- اطلس گیتاشناسی استانهای ایران[Atlas-e Gitashenasi-ye Ostanha-ye Iran] (Gitashenasi Province Atlas of Iran)