Tabas County ( fa, شهرستان طبس) 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
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
Tabas.
It was a part of Ferdows County in
Khorasan
Khorasan may refer to:
* Greater Khorasan, a historical region which lies mostly in modern-day northern/northwestern Afghanistan, northeastern Iran, southern Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan
* Khorasan Province, a pre-2004 province of Ira ...
province until July 1960. Tabas County became a part of
Yazd
Yazd ( fa, یزد ), formerly also known as Yezd, is the capital of Yazd Province, Iran. The city is located southeast of Isfahan. At the 2016 census, the population was 1,138,533. Since 2017, the historical city of Yazd is recognized as a Wor ...
province in 2001.
At the 2006 census, the county's population was 63,047 in 16,845 households.
[ Retrieved 7 November 2022] The following census in 2011 counted 69,658 people in 19,745 households.
Tabas County became a part of South Khorasan province in 2013.
At the 2016 census the county's population was 72,617, in 22,142 households, by which time the county had been separated from Yazd province to join South Khorasan province.
Administrative divisions
The population history of Tabas County's administrative divisions over three consecutive censuses is shown in the following table. The latest census shows three districts, eight rural districts, and three cities.
References
Counties of South Khorasan Province
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