Qaen County

Qaen County

Persian: شهرستان قائن
Qaen County Persian: شهرستان قائن
County
	Location of Qaen County in South Khorasan province
	Location of South Khorasan province in Iran
	Coordinates: 33°39′N 59°15′E[1]
Country	Iran
Province	South Khorasan
Capital	Qaen
Districts	Central, Nimbeluk, Sedeh
Population (2016)[2]
• Total	116,181
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)
	Qaen County at GEOnet Names Server

Qaen County (Persian: شهرستان قائن, also Romanized as Ghayen) is in South Khorasan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Qaen. This city is known as “Capital of Saffron”.

At the 2006 census, the county's population was 137,357 in 35,783 households.[3] The following census in 2011 counted 152,401 people in 42,002 households.[4] At the 2016 census, the county's population was 116,181 in 34,794 households, by which time Zirkuh and Zohan Districts had been separated from the county to become Zirkuh County.[2]

Administrative divisions

The population history and structural changes of Qaen County's administrative divisions over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table. The latest census shows three districts, eight rural districts, and five cities.[2]

Qaen County Population
Administrative Divisions	2006[3]	2011[4]	2016[2]
Central District	62,040	70,686	73,917
Mahyar Rural District	4,874	4,610	4,445
Pishkuh Rural District	3,295	3,837	3,793
Qaen Rural District	18,252	18,483	19,758
Esfeden (city)	3,145	3,530	3,598
Qaen (city)	32,474	40,226	42,323
Nimbeluk District	18,396	20,152	19,791
Karghond Rural District	4,508	5,442	4,786
Nimbeluk Rural District	5,072	4,556	4,563
Khezri Dasht Beyaz (city)	4,930	5,761	5,680
Nimbeluk (city)	3,886	4,393	4,762
Sedeh District	18,792	20,482	22,473
Afriz Rural District	5,765	6,276	7,123
Paskuh Rural District	6,407	7,357	8,441
Sedeh Rural District	3,569	3,264	3,180
Arianshahr (city)	3,051	3,585	3,729
Zirkuh District¹	26,203	29,844
Petergan Rural District	5,865	6,375
Shaskuh Rural District	8,329	9,752
Zirkuh Rural District	7,676	7,799
Hajjiabad (city)	4,333	5,918
Zohan District¹	11,926	11,237
Afin Rural District	5,311	4,760
Zohan Rural District	5,908	5,058
Zohan (city)	707	1,419
Total	137,357	152,401	116,181
¹Became a part of Zirkuh County

References

OpenStreetMap contributors (21 March 2023). "City, Nehbandan County" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
"Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 29. Archived from the original (Excel) on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
"Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 29. 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. 29. Retrieved 19 December 2022.

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[1] OpenStreetMap contributors (21 March 2023). "City, Nehbandan County" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 21 March 2023.

[2016_census-2] "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 29. Archived from the original (Excel) on 17 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. 29. 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. 29. Retrieved 19 December 2022.