The Central District of Torkaman County ( fa, بخش مرکزی شهرستان ترکمن) 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
Torkaman County
Torkaman County ( fa, شهرستان ترکمن), formerly Bandar Torkaman County ( fa, شهرستان بندر ترکمن), is located in Golestan province, Iran. The capital of the county is Bandar Torkaman
Bandar Torkaman ( fa, بندرت ...
,
Golestan 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 63,493, in 13,467 families.
The District has one city:
Bandar Torkaman
Bandar Torkaman ( fa, بندرتركمن), formerly known as Bandar Shah ( fa, بَندَرِ شاه), is a city and capital of Torkaman County, Golestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census its population was 45,045, in 9,755 families.
Bandar To ...
. The District has one
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Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of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 ...
(''dehestan''):
Jafarbay-ye Jonubi Rural District
Jafarbay-e Jonubi Rural District ( fa, دهستان جعفربای جنوبی) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in the Central District of Torkaman County, Golestan Province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, ...
.
References
Districts of Golestan Province
Torkaman County
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