The Central District of Zirkuh County ( fa, بخش مرکزی شهرستان زیرکوه) 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

Zirkuh County Zirkuh County ( fa, شهرستان زيركوه) is in South Khorasan province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Hajjiabad. At the 2006 census, the region's population (as Zirkuh and Zohan Districts of Qaen County Qaen Cou ...

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 26,203, in 6,189 families. The District has two cities: Hajjiabad and

Zohan Zohan ( fa, زهان, also Romanized as Zohān; also known as Zihūn) is a city in and the capital of Zohan District, in Zirkuh County, South Khorasan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called ...

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rural district Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of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

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

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

, and Zirkuh Rural District.

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

See also

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