Fahraj County

Fahraj County

Persian: شهرستان فهرج
Fahraj County Persian: شهرستان فهرج
County
	Location of Fahraj County in Kerman province
	Location of Kerman province in Iran
	Coordinates: 29°10′N 59°09′E[1]
Country	Iran
Province	Kerman
Capital	Fahraj
Districts	Central, Negin Kavir
Population (2016)[2]
• Total	67,096
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Fahraj County (Persian: شهرستان فهرج) is in Kerman province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Fahraj.

At the 2006 census, the region's population (as the former Fahraj District and Chahdegal Rural District of Bam County) was 41,291 in 9,568 households.[3] The following census in 2011 counted 68,038 people in 17,521 households, by which time Fahraj District and Chahdegal Rural District had been separated from the county to form Fahraj County.[4] At the 2016 census, the county's population was 67,096 in 17,195 households.[2]

Administrative divisions

The population history and structural changes of Fahraj 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.[2]

Fahraj County Population¹
Administrative Divisions	2006[3]	2011[4]	2016[2]
Central District	23,442	39,871	39,820
Borj-e Akram Rural District	9,465	15,150	19,165
Fahraj Rural District	7,872	12,782	13,779
Fahraj (city)	6,105	11,939	6,876
Negin Kavir District	17,849	27,357	26,922
Chahdegal Rural District	17,849	4,524	2,830
Negin Kavir Rural District		22,833	24,092
Dehnow-e Eslamabad (city)²
Total	41,291	68,038	67,096
¹As a part of Bam County at the 2006 census ²Became a city after the 2016 census[5]

References

OpenStreetMap contributors (27 June 2023). "Fahraj County" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
"Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 08. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
"Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 08. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
"Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)" (Excel). Iran Data Portal (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 08. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
Fazli, Abdolreza Rahmani (19 October 2019). "The village of Dehnow-e Eslamabad, Fahraj County, became a city". Mehr News (in Persian). Ministry of Interior. Archived from the original on 27 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[1] OpenStreetMap contributors (27 June 2023). "Fahraj County" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 27 June 2023.

[2016_census-2] "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 08. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.

[2006_census-3] "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 08. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.

[2011_census-4] "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)" (Excel). Iran Data Portal (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 08. Retrieved 19 December 2022.

[Dehnow-e_Eslamabad-5] Fazli, Abdolreza Rahmani (19 October 2019). "The village of Dehnow-e Eslamabad, Fahraj County, became a city". Mehr News (in Persian). Ministry of Interior. Archived from the original on 27 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.