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Qir and Karzin County Qir and Karzin County ( fa, شهرستان قیر و کارزین, ''Shahrestan Qir va Karzin'') is located in Fars province, Iran. The capital of the county is Qir. At the 2006 census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, ...

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, serving as both capital of the district and of the county. The city has an altitude of .Location of Qir - Falling Rain Genomics
/ref> At the 2006 National Census, its population was 16,839 in 3,722 households. The following census in 2011 counted 18,038 people in 4,603 households. The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 20,010 people in 5,650 households. On 10 April 1972, Qir was destroyed by a large earthquake, killing 3,399 people, two-thirds of the population at that time.

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Qir and Karzin County Cities in Fars Province Populated places in Fars Province Populated places in Qir and Karzin County {{QirKarzin-geo-stub