Central District (Rasht County)
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The Central District of Rasht County is a district (bakhsh
) in Rasht County
, Gilan Province
, Iran
. At the 2006 census, its population was 624,507, in 180,185 families. The District has one city: Rasht
.
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 Rasht County
Rasht County
Rasht County is a county in Gilan Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Rasht. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 847,680, in 244,613 families. The county is subdivided into six districts: the Central District, Khomam District, Khoshk-e Bijar District, Kuchesfahan District,...
, Gilan Province
Gilan Province
Gilan Province is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It lies along the Caspian Sea, just west of the province of Mazandaran, east of the province of Ardabil, north of the provinces of Zanjan and Qazvin....
, 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 624,507, in 180,185 families. The District has one city: Rasht
Rasht
Rasht is a city in and the capital of Gilan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 551,161, in 159,983 families.Rasht is the largest city on Iran's Caspian Sea coast. It is a major trade center between Caucasia, Russia and Iran using the port of Bandar-e Anzali...
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