The Central District of Heris County ( fa, بخش مرکزی شهرستان هریس) 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

Heris County Heris County ( fa, شهرستان هریس) is located in East Azerbaijan province, Iran. The capital of the county is Heris Heris ( fa, هريس; also Romanized as Herīs and Harīs; also known as Hiriz) is a city and capital of Heris County, ...

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, ...

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. At the 2006 census, its population was 37,475, in 8,915 families. The District has four cities:

Heris Heris ( fa, هريس; also Romanized as Herīs and Harīs; also known as Hiriz) is a city and capital of Heris County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 9,513, in 2,359 families. Heris is the center of one of ...

Zarnaq Zarnaq ( fa, زرنق; also known as Zaraq, Zarnā, and Zerna) is a city in the Central District of Heris County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 4,766, in 1,132 families. Its inhabitants are from Oghuz Tur ...

Bakhshayesh Bakhshayesh ( fa, بخشايش; also Romanized as Bakhshāyesh, Bakhshaish, and Bekhshayesh) is a city in the Central District of Heris County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and als ...

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rural district Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of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

Bedevostan-e Sharqi Rural District Bedevostan-e Sharqi Rural District ( fa, دهستان بدوستان شرقي) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in the Central District of Heris County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, ...

, and Khanamrud Rural District.

References

Heris County Districts of East Azerbaijan Province {{Heris-geo-stub