Shonbeh and Tasuj District ( fa, بخش شنبه و طسوج) 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
Dashti County
Dashti County ( fa, شهرستان دشتی) is located in Bushehr province, Iran. The capital of the county is Khormoj. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 71,285, in 15,465 households. Retrieved 6 November 2022 The following censu ...
,
Bushehr 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 7,308, in 1,546 families. The District has one city:
Shonbeh. The District has two
rural districts (''dehestan''):
Shonbeh Rural District and
Tasuj Rural District.
A strong earthquake measuring 6.1 struck the town of Shonbeh and villages of Shonbeh and Tasuj District on 9 April 2013, killing at least thirty-seven people.
Iran quake kills 37, injures more than 850
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See also
*2013 Bushehr earthquake
The 2013 Bushehr earthquake occurred with a moment magnitude of 6.3 on April 9 in Iran. The shock's epicenter was in the province of Bushehr, near the city of Khvormuj and the towns of Kaki and Shonbeh. At least 37 people were killed, mostl ...
References
Districts of Bushehr Province
Dashti County
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