The Central District of Rasht County ( fa, بخش مرکزی شهرستان رشت) 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
Rasht County
Rasht County ( fa, کلانشهر رشت) is located in Gilan province, Iran. The capital of the county is Rasht
Rasht ( fa, رشت, Rašt ; glk, Rəšt, script=Latn; also romanized as Resht and Rast, and often spelt ''Recht'' in French and ...
,
Gilan 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 624,507, in 180,185 families.
The District has one city:
Rasht
Rasht ( fa, رشت, Rašt ; glk, Rəšt, script=Latn; also romanized as Resht and Rast, and often spelt ''Recht'' in French and older German manuscripts) is the capital city of Gilan Province, Iran. Also known as the "City of Rain" (, ''Ŝahre B ...
. The District has four
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Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of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''):
Howmeh Rural District,
Lakan Rural District
Lakan Rural District ( fa, دهستان لاكان) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in the Central District of Rasht County, Gilan Province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a cou ...
,
Pasikhan Rural District, and
Pir Bazar Rural District.
References
Rasht County
Districts of Gilan Province
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