Zarand County
Encyclopedia
Zarand County is a county
in Kerman Province in Iran
. The capital of the county is Zarand
. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 119,144, in 28,746 families. The county is subdivided into two districts (bakhsh
): the Central District
and Yazdanabad District
. The county has four cities: Zarand
, Khanuk
, Reyhan Shahr
, and Yazdan Shahr
.
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 Kerman Province 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 Zarand
Zarand, Iran
Zarand is a city in and the capital of Zarand County, Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 54,745, in 12,992 families.It is located about northwest of the provincial capital of Kerman....
. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 119,144, in 28,746 families. The county is subdivided into two districts (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....
): the Central District
Central District (Zarand County)
The Central District of Zarand County is a district in Zarand County, Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 103,208, in 24,963 families. The District has three cities: Zarand, Reyhan Shahr, and Khanuk....
and Yazdanabad District
Yazdanabad District
Yazadanabad District is a district in Zarand County, Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 15,936, in 3,783 families. The District has one city: Yazdan Shahr ....
. The county has four cities: Zarand
Zarand, Iran
Zarand is a city in and the capital of Zarand County, Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 54,745, in 12,992 families.It is located about northwest of the provincial capital of Kerman....
, Khanuk
Khanuk
Khanuk is a city in the Central District of Zarand County, Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 3,582, in 854 families....
, Reyhan Shahr
Reyhan Shahr
Reyhan Shahr , also Romanized as Bāb Tangol, Bab Tankal, Bab-Tanqal, and Bāb Tangal; also known as Dungal and Eslamabad) is a city in the Central District of Zarand County, Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 4,360, in 949 families....
, and Yazdan Shahr
Yazdan Shahr
Yazdan Shahr , also Romanized as Yazdānābād and Yezdānābād) is a city in and capital of Yazdanabad District, in Zarand County, Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 5,037, in 1,149 families....
.