Arzhan District ( fa, بخش ارژن) 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
Shiraz County,
Fars 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 23,166, in 5,006 families.
The District has no cities, rather, it has three
rural district
Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of the Ad ...
s (''dehestan''):
Dasht-e Arzhan Rural District
Dasht-e Arzhan Rural District ( fa, دهستان دشت ارژن) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in Arzhan District, Shiraz County, Fars Province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, ...
,
Kuh Mareh Sorkhi Rural District
Kuh Mareh Sorkhi Rural District ( fa, دهستان کوهمره سرخی) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in Arzhan District, Shiraz County, Fars Province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called ...
, and
Qarah Chaman Rural District
Qarah Chaman Rural District ( fa, دهستان قره چمن) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in Arzhan District, Shiraz County, Fars Province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a ...
.
Wildlife
There is an important ecological area here, that is
Arzhan Protected Area.
[Humphreys, P., Kahrom, E. (1999)]
Lion and Gazelle: The Mammals and Birds of Iran
Images Publishing, Avon.
References
Shiraz County
Districts of Fars Province
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