Qeshm County
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Qeshm County is a county
Counties of Iran
The provinces of Iran further subdivided into counties called shahrestan , an area inside an ostan, and consists of a city centre, few bakhsh and many villages around them. There are usually a few cities and rural agglomerations in each county. Rural agglomerations are a collection of a number...

 in Hormozgan Province
Hormozgan Province
Hormozgan Province is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is in the south of the country, facing Oman. Its area is , and its provincial capital is Bandar Abbas...

 in 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...

. The capital of the county is Qeshm
Qeshm
Qeshm Qeshm Qeshm (Persian: قشم - pronounced kē´shm is an Iranian island situated in the Strait of Hormuz, and separated from the mainland by the Clarence Strait/Khuran in the Persian Gulf .-Geography:...

. At the 2006 census, its population was 103,881, in 22,642 families. As of 2010 it has a population of 113 846.http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gadm&lng=en&des=wg&geo=-106&srt=pnan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&va=x The county is divided into three districts: the Central District
Central District (Qeshm County)
The Central District of Qeshm County is a district in Qeshm County, Hormozgan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 68,070, in 15,180 families. The District has two cities: Qeshm and Dargahan....

, Shahab District
Shahab District
Shahab District is a district in Qeshm County, Hormozgan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 30,112, in 6,319 families. The District has one city: Suza....

, and Hormuz District
Hormuz District
Hormuz District is a district in Qeshm County, Hormozgan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 5,699, in 1,143 families. The District has one city: Hormuz....

. The county has four cities: Hormuz
Hormuz, Iran
Hormuz is a city in and the capital of Hormuz District, in Qeshm County, Hormozgan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 5,699, in 1,143 families....

, Qeshm
Qeshm, Iran
Qeshm is a coastal city in and the capital of Qeshm County, Hormozgan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 24,461, in 5,882 families....

, Dargahan
Dargahan
Dargahan is a coastal city in the Central District of Qeshm County, Hormozgan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 7,996, in 1,738 families....

, and Suza
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