The Central District of Yazd County ( fa, بخش مرکزی شهرستان یزد) 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
Yazd County
Yazd County ( fa, شهرستان یزد) is located in Yazd province, Iran. The capital of the county is Yazd
Yazd ( fa, یزد ), formerly also known as Yezd, is the capital of Yazd Province, Iran. The city is located southeast of Isfahan. ...
,
Yazd 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 499,808, in 134,300 families.
The District has three cities:
Yazd
Yazd ( fa, یزد ), formerly also known as Yezd, is the capital of Yazd Province, Iran. The city is located southeast of Isfahan. At the 2016 census, the population was 1,138,533. Since 2017, the historical city of Yazd is recognized as a Worl ...
,
Shahediyeh
Shahediyeh ( fa, شاهديه, also Romanized as Shāhedīyeh; is a city in the Central District, of Yazd County, Yazd Province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located i ...
, and
Hamidiya
Hamidiya ( fa, حميديا, also Romanized as Ḩamīdīyā; also known as Shahr-e Ḩamīdīyā) is a city in the Central District, of Yazd County, Yazd Province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also ...
. The District has two
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Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of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''):
Fahraj Rural District and
Fajr Rural District.
References
Districts of Yazd Province
Yazd County
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