Golestan District
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Golestan District is a district (bakhsh
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 Robat Karim County, Tehran Province
Tehran Province
Tehran Province is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It covers on area of 18,909 square kilometers and is located to the north of the central plateau of Iran....

, 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 (including the portions later split off to form Baharestan County
Baharestan County
Baharestan County is a county in Tehran Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Nasim Shahr. The county has one district: the Central District. The county has two cities: Nasim Shahr and Nasirabad. The county was formed in 2011 from the Baharestan District and parts of Golestan District,...

) was 317,731, in 78,298 families. The District has three cities: Golestan and Salehabad
Salehabad, Tehran
Salehabad is a city in Golestan District, Robat Karim County, Tehran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 54,218, in 13,454 families....

. Nasirabad
Nasirabad, Tehran
Nasirabad is a city in Baharestan County, Tehran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 23,802, in 5,764 families....

, which had formerly belonged to the District, became part of Baharestan County in 2011.
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