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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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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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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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Fasa County Fasa County ( fa, شهرستان فسا) is located in Fars province, Fars province, Iran. The capital of the county is Fasa. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 188,189, in 45,333 households. Retrieved 30 October 2022 The following ...

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, serving as the administrative center for

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

History

In January 2013, the villages of Miyan Deh and Abuzarabad merged to form the new city of Miyanshahr.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, Miyanshahr's population (as the total of its two constituent villages before the merger) was 6,086 in 1,388 households, when it was in Miyan Deh Rural District. The following census in 2011 counted 6,257 people in 1,680 households. The 2016 census measured the population as 5,912 people in 1,775 households, by which time the two villages had merged to form the new city of Miyanshahr.

Notable residents

Ahmad Beheshti Sheikh Ahmad Beheshti , (born 1935) is an Iranian Ayatollah. He was the president of Qom University. He represented the people of Fars Province in the first and second terms in the Islamic Consultative Assembly, as well as the third, fourth, a ...

, cleric and politician

References

Cities in Fars province Populated places in Fasa County {{Fasa-geo-stub fa:میان‌شهر

History

Demographics

Population

Notable residents

See also

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