Khorsh Rostam ( fa, بخش خورش رستم) 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
Khalkhal County
Khalkhal County ( fa, شهرستان خلخال; az, شهرستان خلخالخالخال بؤلگهسی) is in Ardabil province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Khalkhal. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 92 ...
,
Ardabil 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 ...
.
Geography
The District is located east of the
Qizil Üzan
Ghezel Ozan ( fa, قزل اوزن / ''Qezel Owzan'') is one of the longest rivers in Iran, originating from the Chehel Cheshmeh Mountains between Saqqez and Divandarreh in Kurdistan Province flowing in northern Iran.
It flows through Kurdistan ...
river, in the
Alborz (''Elburz'') mountain range
The District has one city:
Hashatjin
Hashjin( fa, هشجين, also Romanized as Hashjin; also known as Heshajeyn, Heshajīn, Heshīīn, Hīshen, Shain, and Shein) is a city in and the capital of the Khvoresh Rostam District, in Khalkhal County, Ardabil Province, Iran.
It is located ...
.
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Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of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''):
Khorsh Rostam-e Jonubi Rural District and
Khorsh Rostam-e Shomali Rural District.
;Population
At the 2006 census, its population was 14,577, in 3,765 families.
See also
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References
Districts of Ardabil Province
Khalkhal County
Settled areas of Elburz
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