Afshar District ( fa, بخش افشار) is a district (

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 ...

) in

Khodabandeh County Khodabandeh County ( fa, شهرستان خدابنده) is in Zanjan province, 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 Turk ...

, Zanjan Province,

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 Turkmeni ...

. At the 2006 census, its population was 16,304, in 3,545 families. The District has one city:

Garmab , native_name_lang = fa , settlement_type = City , image_skyline = , imagesize = , image_alt = , image_caption = , image_flag = , flag_alt = , im ...

. The District has two rural districts (''dehestan''):

Qeshlaqat-e Afshar Rural District Qeshlaqat-e Afshar Rural District ( fa, دهستان قشلاقات افشار) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in Afshar District, Khodabandeh County, Zanjan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and a ...

and

Shivanat Rural District , native_name_lang = fa , settlement_type = Rural District , image_skyline = , imagesize = , image_alt = , image_caption = , image_flag = , flag_alt ...

. The majority population is

Azeri Azerbaijanis (; az, Azərbaycanlılar, ), Azeris ( az, Azərilər, ), or Azerbaijani Turks ( az, Azərbaycan Türkləri, ) are a Turkic people living mainly in northwestern Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan. They are the second-most numer ...

followed by

Persians The Persians are an Iranian ethnic group who comprise over half of the population of Iran. They share a common cultural system and are native speakers of the Persian language as well as of the languages that are closely related to Persian. ...

References

Districts of Zanjan Province Khodabandeh County {{Khodabandeh-geo-stub