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
Shiraz County ( fa, شهرستان شیراز) is located in Fars province, Iran. The capital of the county is Shiraz. At the 2006 census, the county's population (including those portions of the county later split off to form Kavar County, Kh ...
,
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 districts (''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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