Zahedan County ( fa, شهرستان زاهدان) 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

Zahedan Zahedan ( Balochi and fa, , ' ) is a city and capital of Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2016 census, its population was 587,730. The city was the site of a deadly crackdown in October 2022, with dozens citizens killed by pro- ...

. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 663,822 in 130,763 households. The following census in 2011 counted 660,575 people in 157,139 households. At the 2016 census, the county's population was 672,589 in 168,480 households, by which time Mirjaveh District had been separated from the county to form

Mirjaveh County Mirjaveh County ( fa, شهرستان میرجاوه) is in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Mirjaveh. At the 2006 census, the region's population (as Mirjaveh District of Zahedan County Zah ...

Administrative divisions

The population history and structural changes of Zahedan County's administrative divisions over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table. The latest census shows three districts, six rural districts, and two cities.

References

Counties of Sistan and Baluchestan Province {{SistanBaluchestan-geo-stub