The Central District of Birjand County ( fa, بخش مرکزی شهرستان بیرجند) 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
Birjand County
Birjand County ( fa, شهرستان بیرجند) is located in South Khorasan province, Iran. The capital of the county is Birjand. At the 2006 census, the county's population (including those portions of the county later split off to form Khu ...
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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 ...
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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 196,834, in 52,986 families.
The District has one city:
Birjand. The District has six
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Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of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''):
Alqurat Rural District
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Baqeran Rural District
Baqeran Rural District ( fa, دهستان باقران) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in the Central District of Birjand County, South Khorasan Province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Pe ...
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Fasharud Rural District
Fasharud Rural District ( fa, دهستان فشارود) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in the Central District of Birjand County, South Khorasan Province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called P ...
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Kahshang Rural District,
Shakhen Rural District, and
Shakhenat Rural District.
References
Districts of South Khorasan Province
Birjand County
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