The Central District of Sarakhs County ( fa, بخش مرکزی شهرستان سرخس) 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

Sarakhs County Sarakhs County ( fa, شهرستان سرخس) is in Razavi Khorasan province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Sarakhs Sarakhs ( fa, سرخس, Saraxs, also Romanized as Serakhs) is a city in Sarakhs County, Razavi Khorasan Pro ...

, Razavi Khorasan 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 69,404, in 15,867 families. The District has one city:

Sarakhs Sarakhs ( fa, سرخس, Saraxs, also Romanized as Serakhs) is a city in Sarakhs County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran. Sarakhs was once a stopping point along the Silk Road, and in its 11th century heyday had many libraries. Much of the original ...

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rural district Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of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

Khangiran Rural District Khangiran Rural District ( fa, دهستان خانگيران) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in the Central District of Sarakhs County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also ...

Sarakhs Rural District Sarakhs Rural District ( fa, دهستان سرخس) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in the Central District of Sarakhs County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Per ...

, and

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

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Districts of Razavi Khorasan Province Sarakhs County {{Sarakhs-geo-stub