The Central District of Piranshahr County ( fa, بخش مرکزی شهرستان پیرانشهر) 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
Piranshahr County
Piranshahr County ( fa, شهرستان پیرانشهر) is located in West Azerbaijan province, Iran. The capital of the county is Piranshahr
Piranshahr ( fa, پیرانشهر; ckb, پیرانشار, Pîranşar) is a city located in West ...
,
West Azerbaijan 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 84,920, in 16,657 families.
The District has one city:
Piranshahr
Piranshahr ( fa, پیرانشهر; ckb, پیرانشار, Pîranşar) is a city located in West Azerbaijan Province in west Iran. It is the capital of Piranshahr County.
Piranshahr is the center of the traditional region of Mukriyan.
The gov ...
. 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Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of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''):
Lahijan Rural District,
Mangur-e Gharbi Rural District, and
Piran Rural District
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References
Piranshahr County
Districts of West Azerbaijan Province
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