Behshahr County ( fa, شهرستان بهشهر, ''Šahrestân-e Behšahr''; mzn, اَشرِفِ شهرستون, ''Ašref-e-Šahrestun'') is in
Mazandaran province,
Iran
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on the
Caspian Sea
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. The capital of the county is the city of
Behshahr
Behshahr ( fa, بهشهر; formerly Ashraf and Ashraf ol Belād) is a city in Mazandaran, Iran & the capital of Behshahr County. Located on the coast of the Caspian Sea, at the foot of the Alborz, it is approximately from Sari. At the 2006 cens ...
. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 154,957 in 40,432 households.
The following census in 2011 counted 155,247 people in 46,100 households.
At the 2016 census, the county's population was 168,769 in 55,140 households.
Administrative divisions
The population history of Behshahr County's administrative divisions over three consecutive censuses is shown in the following table. The latest census shows two districts, five rural districts, and three cities.
See also
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Amirabad Port
Amirabad Special Economic Zone And Port or Amirabad Port of Behshahr (Persian: منطقه ویژه اقتصادی بندر امیرآباد) is the largest port on the Caspian Sea, and is located in the north of Behshahr County
Behshahr Co ...
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Miankaleh peninsula
References
Counties of Mazandaran Province
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