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Central District of Meshgin Shahr County ( fa, بخش مرکزی شهرستان مشگین‌شهر) 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

Meshgin Shahr County Meshgin Shahr County ( fa, شهرستان مشگین‌شهر) is located in Ardabil province, Iran. The capital of the county is Meshginshahr Meshgin Shahr ( fa, مشگين شهر, also Romanized as Meshgīn Shahr; also known as Meshkīn Sha ...

, Ardabil 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 112,128, in 26,284 families. The District has one city:

Meshgin Shahr Meshgin Shahr ( fa, مشگين شهر, also Romanized as Meshgīn Shahr; also known as Meshkīn Shahr or simply Mishgin; formerly Khiav ( fa, خياو), also Romanized as Kheyāv, Khīāv, Khiov, Khīyāv, and Khiyov) is a city and capital of Mes ...

. The District has four

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s (''dehestan''): Dasht Rural District,

Meshgin-e Gharbi Rural District Meshgin-e Gharbi Rural District ( fa, دهستان مشگين غربي) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in the Central District of Meshgin Shahr County, Ardabil Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, an ...

Meshgin-e Sharqi Rural District Meshgin-e Sharqi Rural District ( fa, دهستان مشگين شرقي) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in the Central District of Meshgin Shahr County, Ardabil Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, a ...

, and Shaban Rural District.

References

Districts of Ardabil Province Meshgin Shahr County {{MeshginShahr-geo-stub