Buin Zahra County ( fa, شهرستان بوئین‌زهرا) is located in

Qazvin Qazvin (; fa, قزوین, , also Romanization, Romanized as ''Qazvīn'', ''Qazwin'', ''Kazvin'', ''Kasvin'', ''Caspin'', ''Casbin'', ''Casbeen'', or ''Ghazvin'') is the largest city and capital of the Qazvin Province, Province of Qazvin in Iran. ...

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 ...

. The capital of the county is

Buin Zahra Booin-Zahra ( fa, بوئين زهرا, also Romanized as Bū’īn Zahrā; also known as Booin ( fa, بوئين), also Romanized as Bū’īn and Būyīn) is a city and capital of Buin Zahra County, Qazvin Province, Iran Iran, offic ...

. At the 2006 census, the county's population (including those portions of the county later split off to form

Avaj County Avaj County ( fa, شهرستان آوج) is located in Qazvin province, Iran. The capital of the county is Avaj. At the 2006 census, the county's population as a part of Buin Zahra County Buin Zahra County ( fa, شهرستان بوئین‌ ...

) was 153,873, in 38,377 households. Retrieved 10 November 2022 The following census in 2011 counted 164,723 people, in 47,029 households. At the 2016 census, the county's population was 122,994, in 36,814 households.

Population

The majority of the population of this county is Azerbaijani Turks. گشتول
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/ref> But a minority of Tat people with a population of about 30,000 also live in the cities of Shal, Dansefahan and Sagzabad.Roshdamag
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Administrative divisions

In popular culture

Jalal Al-e-Ahmad Seyyed Jalāl Āl-e-Ahmad ( fa, جلال آل‌احمد; December 2, 1923September 9, 1969) was a prominent Iranian novelist, short-story writer, translator, philosopher, socio-political critic, sociologist, as well as an anthropologist who wa ...

's monograph: " Tat people of Block-e-Zahra" provides detailed description of the region. The Buin-Zahra is famous for pistachio and boasts many pistachio gardens. The main street in capital(Buin-Zahra) is Vali Asr St. Azad University of Buin-Zahra is also located in this city about ten minutes from City Center. One of the tourist attraction in this area is "Mehregan Town" which is located in north of Buin-Zahra, 14 minutes from Buin-Zahra Square.

Earthquakes

The area was devastated by the 1962 Bou'in-Zahra earthquake and again by the

2002 Bou'in-Zahra earthquake The 2002 Bou'in-Zahra earthquake (also known as the 2002 Avaj earthquake or the 2002 Changureh earthquake) occurred on 22 June 2002. The epicenter was near the city of Bou'in-Zahra in Qazvin Province, a region of northwestern Iran which is c ...

References

{{Buin Zahra County, state=collapsed Counties of Qazvin Province