, native_name_lang = fa , settlement_type = City , image_skyline = , imagesize = , image_alt = , image_caption = , image_flag = , flag_alt = , image_seal = , seal_alt = , image_shield = , shield_alt = , etymology = , nickname = , motto = , image_map = , map_alt = , map_caption = , pushpin_map = Iran , pushpin_map_alt = , pushpin_map_caption = , pushpin_label_position = , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name =

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 ...

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Province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...

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County A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesChambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...

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Fanuj Fanuj ( fa, فنوج, also Romanized as Fanūj, Fannūj, Pannūj and Fānūch) is a city in and the capital of Fanuj District, in Fanuj County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, ...

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District A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

, subdivision_name3 = Kotij , established_title = , established_date = , founder = , leader_title = , leader_name = , leader_title1 = , leader_name1 = , unit_pref = Metric , area_footnotes = , area_total_km2 = , elevation_footnotes = , elevation_m = , population_footnotes = , population_as_of = 2016 , population_total = 3016 , population_density_km2 = auto , population_note = , population_demonym = , timezone =

IRST An infrared search and track (IRST) system (sometimes known as infrared sighting and tracking) is a method for detecting and tracking objects which give off infrared radiation, such as the infrared signatures of jet aircraft and helicopters. IR ...

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Fanuj County Fanuj County ( fa, شهرستان فنوج) is in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Fanuj. At the 2006 census, the region's population (as Fanuj District of Nik Shahr County Nik Shahr County ( ...

, Sistan and Baluchestan province,

. It also serves as the administrative center for

Kotij Rural District , native_name_lang = fa , settlement_type = Rural District , image_skyline = , imagesize = , image_alt = , image_caption = , image_flag = , flag_alt ...

. At the 2006 census, its population was 2,193 in 504 households, when it was a village in Kotij Rural District of the former Fanuj District of

Nik Shahr County Nik Shahr County ( fa, شهرستان نیک‌شهر) is located in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. The capital of the county is Nik Shahr. At the 2006 census, the county's population (including those por ...

. The following census in 2011 counted 2,616 people in 670 households. The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 3,016 people in 819 households, by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Fanuj County. It was the most populous village in its rural district. After the census, the village of Kotij was elevated to the status of a city.

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Cities in Sistan and Baluchestan province Populated places in Fanuj County {{SistanBaluchestan-geo-stub