The Central District of Mehrestan County ( fa, بخش مرکزی شهرستان مهرستان), formerly known as the Central District of Zaboli County, 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
Mehrestan County
Mehrestan County ( fa, شهرستان مهرستان), formerly known as Zaboli County ( fa, شهرستان زابلی, is in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Zaboli. At the 2006 census, the regi ...
,
Sistan and Baluchestan 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 ...
. In 2011, the name of the county changed to Mehrestan. At the 2006 census, its population was 31,679, in 6,872 families.
The district has one city:
Zaboli
Mehrestan ( fa, مهرستان, also Romanized as Zābolī; also known as Qal‘eh-ye Zābolī – "Fort Zaboli"; formerly, Magas) is a city in and the capital of Mehrestan County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. When its 2006 census wa ...
. The district has two
rural district
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s (''dehestan''):
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Zaboli Rural District
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References
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Mehrestan County
Districts of Sistan and Baluchestan Province
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