Khusf County ( fa, شهرستان خوسف) is in
South Khorasan
South Khorasan Province ( fa, استان خراسان جنوبی ''Ostān-e Khorāsān-e Jonūbī'') is a province located in eastern Iran. Birjand is the centre of the province. The other major cities are Ferdows, Tabas and Qaen. In 2014, it ...
province,
Iran
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. The capital of the county is the city of
Khusf. At the 2006 census, the region's population (as Khusf District of
Birjand County
Birjand County ( fa, شهرستان بیرجند) is located in South Khorasan province, Iran. The capital of the county is Birjand
Birjand ( fa, بیرجند , also Romanized as Bīrjand and Birdjand) is the capital of the Iranian province ...
) was 24,922 in 7,254 households.
[ Retrieved 12 November 2022] The following census in 2011 counted 29,019 people in 7,564 households.
At the 2016 census, the county's population was 27,600 in 7,492 households, by which time the district had been separated from the county to form Khusf County.
Administrative divisions
The population history and structural changes of Khusf County's administrative divisions over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table. The latest census shows two districts, five rural districts, and two cities.
References
Counties of South Khorasan Province
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