The Central District of Nishapur County ( fa, بخش مرکزی شهرستان نیشابور is a district (

bakhsh A ( fa, بخش, also romanized as ) is a third-level administrative division of Iran. While sometimes translated as "county," it is more accurately translated as "district," similar to a township in the United States or a district of En ...

) in

Nishapur County Nishapur County ( fa, شهرستان نیشابور, ''Šahrestâne Neyšhâbur''), or officially Romanized as Neyshabur County, is located in Razavi Khorasan province, Iran. The capital of the county is Nishapur, the second largest city in the ...

, Razavi Khorasan 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 ...

. At the 2006 census, its population was 274,700, in 74,946 families. The district has one city:

Nishapur Nishapur or officially Romanized as Neyshabur ( fa, ;Or also "نیشاپور" which is closer to its original and historic meaning though it is less commonly used by modern native Persian speakers. In Persian poetry, the name of this city is wr ...

. The district has five

rural district Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of the Ad ...

s (''dehestan''): Binalud Rural District, Darbqazi Rural District, Fazl Rural District,

Mazul Rural District Mazul Rural District ( fa, دهستان مازول) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in the Central District of Nishapur County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Pe ...

, and

Rivand Rural District Rivand Rural District ( fa, دهستان ريوند) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in the Central District of Nishapur County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called P ...

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