The Central District of Qaen County ( fa, بخش مرکزی شهرستان قائنات) 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

Qaen County Qaen County ( fa, شهرستان قائن, also Romanized as Ghayen) is in South Khorasan province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Qaen. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 137,357 in 35,783 households. Retrieved 6 ...

South Khorasan Province South Khorasan Province ( fa, استان خراسان جنوبی ''Ostān-e Khorāsān-e Jonūbī'') is a province located in eastern Iran. Birjand is the centre of the province. The other major cities are Ferdows, Tabas and Qaen. In 2014, it wa ...

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 62,040, in 16,239 families. The District has two cities:

Qaen Qayen ( fa, قائن, also Romanized as Ghayen, Qaen or Ghaen; from pal, kʾyyn ''Kāyēn'') is a city in and the capital of Qaen County, in South Khorasan Province, Iran. The population at the 2006 census, was 32,474 in 8,492 families. Histor ...

and

Esfeden Esfeden ( fa, اسفدن, also Romanized as Esfedān) is a city in the Central District of Qaen County, South Khorasan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in ...

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rural district Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of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

Qaen Rural District Qaen Rural District ( fa, دهستان قائن) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in the Central District of Qaen County, South Khorasan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is ...

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Districts of South Khorasan Province Qaen County {{Qaen-geo-stub