Iran 's counties ( Persian : شهرستان , romanized as šahrestân ) are administrative divisions of larger provinces ( ostan ). The word shahrestan comes from the Persian words šahr ("city, town") and stân ("state, province"). "County", therefore, is a near equivalent to shahrestan .
6-988: (Redirected from Shahristan ) Shahrestan or Shahristan (Persian: شهرستان ) may refer to: Places [ edit ] Counties of Iran ("Shahrestan" in Persian), second order administrative divisions of Iran Shahristan District , Afghanistan (alternate spelling: Shahrestan) Shahrestan, Fasa , Fars Province, Iran Shahrestan, Khonj , Fars Province, Iran Shahrestan, Khoshk-e Bijar , Rasht County, Gilan Province Shahrestan, Sangar , Rasht County, Gilan Province Shahrestan, Mazandaran , Iran Shahrestan, Tonekabon , Mazandaran Province, Iran Shahrestan, Qazvin , Iran Shahrestan, Tehran , Iran Shahrestan, West Azerbaijan , Iran Shahrestan-e Olya , Iran Shahrestan-e Sofla , Iran Other [ edit ] Shahristan (city area) See also [ edit ] Shahrestanak (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
12-523: 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 for Piranshahr County in West Azerbaijan province (as it existed in 2006, 2011 and 2016) is an example showing the hierarchy of a county's divisions: The counties are listed below, by province, with
18-467: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Counties of Iran Counties are divided into one or more districts ( baxš بخش ). A typical district includes both cities ( šahr شهر ) and rural districts ( dehestân دهستان ), 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
24-431: Is governed by an office known as farmândâri , which coordinates different public events and agencies and is headed by a farmândâr , the governor of the county and the highest-ranking official in the division. Among the provinces of Iran , Fars has the highest number of shahrestans (37), while Qom has the fewest (3). In 2005 Iran had 324 shahrestans , while in as of now there are 483. The total population of
30-445: The capital and the county containing the capital of the provinces in bold: Piranshahr County Piranshahr County ( Persian : شهرستان پیرانشهر ) is in West Azerbaijan province, Iran . Its capital is the city of Piranshahr . At the time of the 2006 National Census, the county's population was 107,677 in 20,617 households. The following census in 2011 counted 123,639 people in 28,415 households. The 2016 census measured
36-503: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Shahrestan . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shahrestan&oldid=1256267457 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Articles containing Persian-language text Short description
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