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Larestan County ( fa, شهرستان لارستان) is located in Fars 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 ...
. The capital of the county is Lar. At the 2006 census, the county's population (including those portions of the county later split off to form
Evaz County Evaz County ( fa, شهرستان اوز) is in Fars province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Evaz. At the 2006 census, the region's population (as Evaz District of Larestan County Larestan County ( fa, شهرستان ل ...
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Gerash County Gerash County ( fa, شهرستان گراش) is located in Fars province, Iran. The capital of the county is Gerash. At the 2006 census, the county's population as a part of Larestan County was 39,348, in 8,734 households. Retrieved 12 November ...
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Juyom County Juyom County ( fa, شهرستان جویم) is in Fars province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Juyom. At the 2006 census, the region's population (as Juyom District of Larestan County Larestan County ( fa, شهرستا ...
) was 223,235, in 49,571 households. Retrieved 30 October 2022 The following census in 2011 counted 226,879 people, in 54,686 households. At the 2016 census, the county's population was 213,920, in 60,410 households.


Administrative divisions

The historical region of Larestan and Lamerd consists of several counties in Fars province (Larestan County,
Khonj County Khonj County ( fa, شهرستان خنج) is in Fars province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Khonj. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 37,978 in 7,025 households. Retrieved 30 October 2022 The following census in ...
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Gerash County Gerash County ( fa, شهرستان گراش) is located in Fars province, Iran. The capital of the county is Gerash. At the 2006 census, the county's population as a part of Larestan County was 39,348, in 8,734 households. Retrieved 12 November ...
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Lamerd Lamerd ( fa, لامرد, also Romanized as Lāmerd and Lāmard, also known as Tarakma) is a city and capital of Lamerd County, Fars Province, Iran. The population was 21,365 with 4,021 families as of the 2006 census. Its main industries are based ...
) and
Bastak County Bastak ( fa, بستک) is a city and capital of Bastak County, Hormozgan 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 Tur ...
in Hormozgan province. Larestani people speak the
Larestani language Achomi ( fa, اچُمی), also known as Larestani and Khodmooni, is a Southwestern Iranian Persian language spoken by people in southern Fars and western Hormozgan and by significant numbers of immigrant groups in Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq, Qatar, ...
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Larestani people Achomi ( fa, اَچُمِی), also called Khodmooni (), Lari ( fa, لآرِی), or Larestani ( fa, لآرِستَانِی), are an Iranian peoples, Iranian sub-ethnic group of Persian people, Persians who inhabit primarily in southern Iran in a re ...
are of Persian descent, the majority of Larestani people are
Sunnis Sunni Islam () is the largest Islamic schools and branches, branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims. Its name comes from the word ''Sunnah'', referring to the tradition of Muhammad. The differences between Sunni and Shia ...
. Larestani people call themselves "Khodmooni". Under medieval age, Laristan was ruled by the local dynasty of Miladi, until it was removed by a Safavid invasion in 1610. In the thirteenth century, Larestan briefly became a center of trade and commerce in southern Persia. Larestan was nearly always an obscure region, never becoming involved in the politics and conflicts of mainstream Persia.


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Bastak Bastak ( fa, بستک) is a city and capital of Bastak County, Hormozgan Province, Iran. Bastak was traditionally part of the region of Irahistan. At the 2006 census, its population was 8,376, in 1,765 families. See also *Achomi people *Eva ...
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Bastak County Bastak ( fa, بستک) is a city and capital of Bastak County, Hormozgan 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 Tur ...
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Evaz Evaz ( fa, اوز, also Romanized as Awadh, Avaz, Evazeh, and ‘ewaz) is a city and capital of Evaz County, in Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 14,315, in 3,297 families. The people of Evaz are native Persians of ...
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Evaz County Evaz County ( fa, شهرستان اوز) is in Fars province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Evaz. At the 2006 census, the region's population (as Evaz District of Larestan County Larestan County ( fa, شهرستان ل ...
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Gerash County Gerash County ( fa, شهرستان گراش) is located in Fars province, Iran. The capital of the county is Gerash. At the 2006 census, the county's population as a part of Larestan County was 39,348, in 8,734 households. Retrieved 12 November ...
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Hola (ethnic group) Huwala ( ar, الهولة, sing. Huwali هولي) also collectively referred to as Bani Huwala, is a blanket term usually used to refer to Iranian Arabs who originate from the Arabian Peninsula, initially migrating in the 13th and 14th century fr ...
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Khonj County Khonj County ( fa, شهرستان خنج) is in Fars province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Khonj. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 37,978 in 7,025 households. Retrieved 30 October 2022 The following census in ...
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Lamerd County Lamerd County ( fa, شهرستان لامرد) is located in Fars province, Iran. The capital of the county is Lamerd. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 76,971, in 16,602 households. Retrieved 30 October 2022 The following census ...
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Larestani people Achomi ( fa, اَچُمِی), also called Khodmooni (), Lari ( fa, لآرِی), or Larestani ( fa, لآرِستَانِی), are an Iranian peoples, Iranian sub-ethnic group of Persian people, Persians who inhabit primarily in southern Iran in a re ...


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External links

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