Zabol County ( fa, شهرستان زابل) is in
Sistan and Baluchestan 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
Zabol
Zabol ( fa, , also transliterated as Zâbol or Zābul) is a city and capital of Zabol County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. Zabol is near the border with Afghanistan. Referred to as Sistan until the late 1920s, the city was renamed Zabo ...
. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 317,357 in 67,778 households.
The following census in 2011 counted 259,356 people in 63,645 households, by which time Hirmand District had been separated from the county to form
Hirmand County
Hirmand County ( fa, شهرستان هیرمند) is in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Ira ...
.
At the 2016 census, the county's population was 165,666 in 43,701 households, by which time Posht Ab District had been separated from the county to form
Nimruz County, and Shib Ab District to become
Hamun County.
Administrative divisions
The population history and structural changes of Zabol County's administrative divisions over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table. The latest census shows one district, one rural district, and two cities.
References
Counties of Sistan and Baluchestan Province
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