The Central District of Ajab Shir County ( fa, بخش مرکزی شهرستان عجب‌شیر) 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

Ajab Shir County Ajab Shir County ( fa, شهرستان عجب‌ شیر) is located in East Azerbaijan province, Iran. The capital of the county is Ajab Shir Ajabshir ( fa, Ajabŝir; also Romanized as ‘Ajab Shīr; also known as Ajabshahr) is a city & capital ...

East Azerbaijan Province East Azerbaijan Province ( fa, استان آذربایجان شرقی ''Āzarbāijān-e Sharqi''; az-Arab, شرقی آذربایجان اوستانی) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is located in Iranian Azerbaijan, bordering Armenia, ...

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 47,017, in 11,835 families. The District has one city:

Ajab Shir Ajabshir ( fa, Ajabŝir; also Romanized as ‘Ajab Shīr; also known as Ajabshahr) is a city & capital of Ajab Shir County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is ...

. The District has two

rural district Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of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''): Dizajrud-e Gharbi Rural District and Khezerlu Rural District.

References

Ajab Shir County Districts of East Azerbaijan Province {{AjabShir-geo-stub