Shal District ( fa, بخش شال) 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

Buin Zahra County Buin Zahra County ( fa, شهرستان بوئین‌زهرا) is located in Qazvin province, Iran. The capital of the county is Buin Zahra. At the 2006 census, the county's population (including those portions of the county later split off to fo ...

, Qazvin 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 23,572, in 6,373 families. The District has one city:

Shal Shal ( fa, شال) ( Tati: , ''Čâl'') is a city and capital of Shal District, in Buin Zahra County, Qazvin Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western ...

. The District has two

rural district Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of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''):

Qaleh Hashem Rural District Qaleh Hashem Rural District ( fa, دهستان قلعه هاشم) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in Shal District, Buin Zahra County, Qazvin Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia ...

, and

Zeynabad Rural District Zeynabad Rural District ( fa, دهستان زين آباد) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in Shal District, Buin Zahra County, Qazvin Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a ...

References

Districts of Qazvin Province Buin Zahra County {{BuinZahra-geo-stub