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Kish District
Kish District ( fa, بخش کیش) is a district (bakhsh) in Bandar Lengeh County, Hormozgan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 21,637, in 6,344 families. The District has one city: Kish. The District has two rural districts (''dehestan''): Kish Rural District and Lavan Rural District. Kish beach 05.jpg, Kish Island Kish ( fa, کیش ) is a resort island in Bandar Lengeh County, Hormozgān Province, off the southern coast of Iran in the Persian Gulf. Owing to its free trade zone status, the island is touted as a consumer's paradise, with numerous malls, s ... Kish Underground City Iran.jpg, Kariz Underground City Kish Islan Qanat.jpg, Kariz Underground City Kish Island Underground City at night Iran.jpg, Kariz Underground City References Districts of Hormozgan Province Bandar Lengeh County {{BandarLengeh-geo-stub ...
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Bakhsh
A ( fa, بخش, also romanized as ) is a third-level administrative division of Iran. While sometimes translated as "county," it is more accurately translated as "district," similar to a township in the United States or a district of England. In Iran, the provinces (first-level divisions) (استان, ''ostān'') consist of several counties (second-level divisions) (شهرستان, ''shahrestān''), and the counties consist of one or more districts (third-level divisions) (بخش, ''bakhsh''). A district consists of a combination of cities (شهر ''shahr'') and rural districts (دهستان, ''dehestān'') (fourth-level divisions). The official governor of a district is called a ''bakhshdar'', the head of the ''bakhshdari'' office. Rural districts are a collection of villages and their surrounding lands. One of the cities of the county is named its capital. To better understand such subdivisions, the following table may be helpful. Below is the 2006 structure of Khash ...
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Bandar Lengeh County
Bandar Lengeh County ( fa, شهرستان بندر لنگه) is located in Hormozgan province, Iran. The capital of the county is Bandar Lengeh Bandar Lengeh ( fa, بندرلنگه, also Romanized as Bandar-e Lengeh, Bandar-e-Langeh and Bandar Langeh; also known simply as Lengeh, Linja, Linjah or Lingah) is a harbour city and capital of Bandar Lengeh County, in Hormozgan province of .... At the 2006 census, the county's population was 113,625, in 24,712 households. Retrieved 5 November 2022 The following census in 2011 counted 134,713 people, in 32,981 households. At the 2016 census, the county's population was 159,358, in 44,398 households. Administrative divisions References Counties of Hormozgan Province {{Hormozgan-geo-stub ...
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Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmenistan to the north, by Afghanistan and Pakistan to the east, and by the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south. It covers an area of , making it the 17th-largest country. Iran has a population of 86 million, making it the 17th-most populous country in the world, and the second-largest in the Middle East. Its largest cities, in descending order, are the capital Tehran, Mashhad, Isfahan, Karaj, Shiraz, and Tabriz. The country is home to one of the world's oldest civilizations, beginning with the formation of the Elamite kingdoms in the fourth millennium BC. It was first unified by the Medes, an ancient Iranian people, in the seventh century BC, and reached its territorial height in the sixth century BC, when Cyrus the Great fo ...
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Kish, Iran
Kish ( fa, كيش, also Romanized as Kīsh ) is a coastal city and capital of Kish District, in Bandar Lengeh County, Hormozgan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 20,667, in 6,163 families. The city is on Kish Island Kish ( fa, کیش ) is a resort island in Bandar Lengeh County, Hormozgān Province, off the southern coast of Iran in the Persian Gulf. Owing to its free trade zone status, the island is touted as a consumer's paradise, with numerous malls, s ..., a special zone of Iran. The island is served by Kish International Airport, and has a visa policy separate from the Iranian mainland, such that foreign tourists can obtain a visa on arrival. Gallery File:Dariush Grand Hotel - 3.jpg, Dariush hotel File:Kish island 1.jpg, A beach in Kish File:SunsetatKish2.JPG, Sunset on Kish File:Inside_pardis_market.JPG, Pardis Market File:Abanbar_in_kish_island.JPG, A water cooling storage building (Abanbar) File:Dariush Grand Hotel - 2.jpg, Dariush Hotel Fi ...
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Rural Districts Of Iran
Dehestan ( fa, دهستان, lit=rural district, also Romanized as "dehestān") is a type of administrative division of Iran. It is above the village and under the bakhsh A ( fa, بخش, also romanized as ) is a third-level administrative division of Iran. While sometimes translated as "county," it is more accurately translated as "district," similar to a township in the United States or a district of En .... , there were 2,400 dehestans in Iran. References Subdivisions of Iran Types of administrative division {{Iran-gov-stub ...
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Kish Rural District
Kish Rural District ( fa, دهستان كيش) is a Rural Districts of Iran, rural district (''dehestan'') in the Kish District of Bandar Lengeh County, Hormozgan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 79, in 9 families. The rural district has 1 village. References

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Lavan Rural District
Lavan Rural District ( fa, دهستان لاوان) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in the Kish District of Bandar Lengeh County, Hormozgan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 891, in 172 families. The rural district has 2 villages. The rural district covers Lavan Island and Shidvar Island Shidvar Island (), is an uninhabited island in the Persian Gulf east of the larger inhabited island of Lavan. The whole island is a natural reserve called Shidvar Wildlife Refuge. Administratively, the island forms part of the Lavan Rural District .... References Rural Districts of Hormozgan Province Bandar Lengeh County {{BandarLengeh-geo-stub ...
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Kish Island
Kish ( fa, کیش ) is a resort island in Bandar Lengeh County, Hormozgān Province, off the southern coast of Iran in the Persian Gulf. Owing to its free trade zone status, the island is touted as a consumer's paradise, with numerous malls, shopping centres, tourist attractions, and resort hotels. It has an estimated population of almost 40,000 residents and about 1 million visitors annually. Kish Island is one of the most-visited vacation destinations in the Middle East, after Dubai and Sharm el-Sheikh. Tourists from many countries for which Iran typically requires a visa, who wish to enter Kish Free Zone, are exempt from having to obtain a visa. For those travelers, travel permits are issued on arrival by Kish officials and are valid for 14 days. History Kish Island has been mentioned in history variously as Kamtina, Arakia ( grc, Αρακία), Arakata, and Ghiss. Kish Island's strategic geographic location served as a way-station and link for the ancient Assyrian an ...
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Districts Of Hormozgan Province
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions of municipalities, school district, or political district. By country/region Afghanistan In Afghanistan, a district (Persian ps, ولسوالۍ ) is a subdivision of a province. There are almost 400 districts in the country. Australia Electoral districts are used in state elections. Districts were also used in several states as cadastral units for land titles. Some were used as squatting districts. New South Wales had several different types of districts used in the 21st century. Austria In Austria, the word is used with different meanings in three different contexts: * Some of the tasks of the administrative branch of the national and regional governments are fulfilled by the 95 district administrative offices (). The area a dist ...
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