Bardaskan County ( fa, شهرستان بردسکن) is in Razavi Khorasan province,

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. Bardaskan has also been called Baradaskan (باردسکن) or Berdaskan (برداسکن). The capital of the county is the city of

Bardaskan Bardaskan ( fa, بردسكن; also Romanized as ''Badar Askān'', ''Badr Eshkand'', ''Bardāskan'', ''Bardāskand'', ''Bardeshkand'' and ''Bardeskan'') is a city and capital of Bardaskan County, in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran. Bardaskan u ...

. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 68,392 in 18,229 households. The following census in 2011 counted 72,626 people in 21,171 households. At the 2016 census, the county's population was 75,631 in 23,732 households. Azad University is the only institute of higher education since 2000. Saffron, pistachios, and figs are the main commercial products from the county.

Administrative divisions

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

Geography

Bardaskan is located in the Khorasan Razavi province at the northern edge of the Namak Desert ( Great Salt Desert). Its area is . The altitude of Bardaskan is . The weather in northern Bardaskan is cold while the weather in southern and central Bardaskan varies from semi-dry to hot and dry. Annual average rainfall is . The summer high temperature is nearly , and winter low is . There are no perennial rivers, but there are several seasonal rivers.

Economy

Bardaskan currently has three towns and 293 villages. The main jobs are farming and animal husbandry. Staple crops are

wheat Wheat is a grass widely cultivated for its seed, a cereal grain that is a worldwide staple food. The many species of wheat together make up the genus ''Triticum'' ; the most widely grown is common wheat (''T. aestivum''). The archaeologi ...

barley Barley (''Hordeum vulgare''), a member of the grass family, is a major cereal grain grown in temperate climates globally. It was one of the first cultivated grains, particularly in Eurasia as early as 10,000 years ago. Globally 70% of barley p ...

, cotton and cumin seed, and

pistachio The pistachio (, ''Pistacia vera''), a member of the cashew family, is a small tree originating from Central Asia and the Middle East. The tree produces seeds that are widely consumed as food. ''Pistacia vera'' is often confused with other spe ...

saffron Saffron () is a spice derived from the flower of ''Crocus sativus'', commonly known as the "saffron crocus". The vivid crimson stigma (botany), stigma and stigma (botany)#style, styles, called threads, are collected and dried for use mainly ...

pomegranate The pomegranate (''Punica granatum'') is a fruit-bearing deciduous shrub in the family Lythraceae, subfamily Punicoideae, that grows between tall. The pomegranate was originally described throughout the Mediterranean Basin, Mediterranean re ...

fig The fig is the edible fruit of ''Ficus carica'', a species of small tree in the flowering plant family Moraceae. Native to the Mediterranean and western Asia, it has been cultivated since ancient times and is now widely grown throughout the world ...

and grape products.

References

Counties of Razavi Khorasan Province {{RazaviKhorasan-geo-stub