Rahimabad District ( fa, بخش رحیمآباد) 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
Rudsar County
Rudsar County ( fa, شهرستان رودسر) is in Gilan province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Rudsar
Rudsar ( fa, رودسر, also known as, Roodsar, Rūdsar and Rūd-i-Sar) is a city and capital of Rudsar County, ...
,
Gilan 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
sole city in Rahimabad District, also called Rahimabad, is located west of the Caspian Sea at 35° 22' 54" North, 45° 7' 28" East, and lies at an altitude of 4,268 feet (1300 meters) according to Maplandia.com. At the 2006 census, its population was 27,653, in 7,820 families.
The District has one city:
Rahimabad. The District has four
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Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of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''):
Eshkevar-e Sofla Rural District,
Rahimabad Rural District,
Shuil Rural District
Shuil Rural District ( fa, دهستان شوئيل) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in Rahimabad District, Rudsar County, Gilan Province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a countr ...
, and
Siyarastaq Yeylaq Rural District.
A large earthquake struck the Rahimabad District November 28, 1933. The 6.3-Richter magnitude earthquake is reported to have resulted in at least four deaths, as well as numerous injuries.
References
Rudsar County
Districts of Gilan Province
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