Mehrestan County ( fa, شهرستان مهرستان), formerly known as Zaboli County ( fa, شهرستان زابلی, is in
Sistan and Baluchestan province,
Iran
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. The capital of the county is the city of
Zaboli
Mehrestan ( fa, مهرستان, also Romanized as Zābolī; also known as Qal‘eh-ye Zābolī – "Fort Zaboli"; formerly, Magas) is a city in and the capital of Mehrestan County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran
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. At the 2006 census, the region's population (as Ashar District of
Sarbaz County and Zaboli District of
Saravan County) was 43,749 in 9,227 households.
In 2011, the name of the county changed to Mehrestan.
Islamic Republic News Agency - IRNA
(Persian) The census in 2011 counted 62,756 people in 14,577 households, by which time the two districts had been separated from the their counties to form Mehrestan County.
Administrative divisions
The population history and structural changes of Mehrestan County's administrative divisions over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table. The latest census shows two districts, four rural districts, and one city.
References
Counties of Sistan and Baluchestan Province
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