Sarayan County ( fa, شهرستان سرایان) is in

South Khorasan South Khorasan Province ( fa, استان خراسان جنوبی ''Ostān-e Khorāsān-e Jonūbī'') is a province located in eastern Iran. Birjand is the centre of the province. The other major cities are Ferdows, Tabas and Qaen. In 2014, it was ...

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 capital of the county is the city of

Sarayan Sarayan ( fa, سرايان, also Romanized as Sarāyān, Sarā’īān and Sīryān) is a city in, and the capital of, Sarayan County, South Khorasan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called P ...

. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 34,636 in 9,140 households. Retrieved 6 November 2022 The following census in 2011 counted 32,493 people in 9,466 households. At the 2016 census, the county's population was 33,312 in 10,329 households. Sarayan is in the north central part of the province. The county was a part of

Ferdows County Ferdows County ( fa, شهرستان فردوس) is located in South Khorasan province, Iran. The capital of the county is Ferdows. At the 2006 census, the county's population (including those portions of the county later split off to form Boshru ...

until May 2004.

Administrative divisions

The population history of Sarayan County's administrative divisions over three consecutive censuses is shown in the following table. The latest census shows two districts, four rural districts, and three cities.

References

Counties of South Khorasan Province {{SouthKhorasan-geo-stub