The Central District of Gonbad-e Qabus County ( fa, بخش مرکزی شهرستان گنبد کاووس) 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
Gonbad-e Qabus County
Gonbad-e Kavus County ( fa, شهرستان گنبد کاووس) is located in Golestan province, Iran. The capital of the county is Gonbad-e Kavus, founded by German engineers and architects with high urban engineering standards; by the order o ...
,
Golestan 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 261,492, in 59,054 families.
The District has one city:
Gonbad-e Qabus
Gonbad-e Kavus ( fa, گنبد کاووس, Gonbade Kâvus) is a city in Golestan province, Iran.
The modern name, meaning "the tower of Kavus", is a reference to the most imposing ancient monument in the city. The historic name cannot now be rest ...
. The District has four
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Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of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 (''dehestans''):
Aqabad Rural District,
Bagheli-ye Marama Rural District,
Fajr Rural District, and
Soltanali Rural District.
References
Districts of Golestan Province
Gonbad-e Kavus County
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