, 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 ...

, subdivision_name1 = Sistan and Baluchestan , subdivision_type2 =

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 ...

, subdivision_name2 = Mehrestan , subdivision_type3 =

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 ...

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Central Central is an adjective usually referring to being in the center of some place or (mathematical) object. Central may also refer to: Directions and generalised locations * Central Africa, a region in the centre of Africa continent, also known as ...

, 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 = 12245 , 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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Mehrestan County Mehrestan County ( fa, شهرستان مهرستان), formerly known as Zaboli County ( fa, شهرستان زابلی, is in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Zaboli. At the 2006 census, the regi ...

, Sistan and Baluchestan province,

, serving as capital of both the county and the district. It is also the administrative center for

Zaboli 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 7,672 in 1,560 households, when it was in the former Zaboli District of

Saravan County Saravan County ( fa, شهرستان سراوان) is located in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. The capital of the county is Saravan. At the 2006 census, the county's population (including those portions of the county later split off to ...

. The following census in 2011 counted 10,112 people in 2,171 households, by which time the district had been separated from the county to become a part of the newly formed Zaboli County. The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 12,245 people in 2,969 households.

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