Meshgin-e Sharqi District ( fa, بخش مشگین شرقی; meaning "East Meshgin District") 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
Meshgin Shahr County
Meshgin Shahr County ( fa, شهرستان مشگینشهر) is located in Ardabil province, Iran. The capital of the county is Meshginshahr
Meshgin Shahr ( fa, مشگين شهر, also Romanized as Meshgīn Shahr; also known as Meshkīn Sha ...
,
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 ...
. At the 2006 census, its population was 17,627, in 4,467 families.
The District has two cities:
Lahrud
Lahrud ( fa, لاهرود, also Romanized as Lāhrūd; formerly, Lari ( fa, لاری), also Romanized as Lārī; formerly also, Serahi ( fa, سِراهی), also Romanized as Serāhī and Seh Rāhī) is a city in and capital of Meshgin-e Shar ...
&
Fakhrabad. The District has three
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Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of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''):
Lahrud Rural District
Lahrud Rural District ( fa, دهستان لاهرود) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in Meshgin-e Sharqi District, Meshgin Shahr County, Ardabil Province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called P ...
,
Naqdi Rural District
Naqdi Rural District ( fa, دهستان نقدئ) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in Meshgin-e Sharqi District, Meshgin Shahr County, Ardabil Province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia ...
, and
Qarah Su Rural District.
References
Districts of Ardabil Province
Meshgin Shahr County
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