Evaz County Explained

Evaz County
Native Name:Persian: شهرستان اوز
Settlement Type:County
Image Map1:IranFars-SVG.svg
Map Caption1:Location of Fars province in Iran
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Fars
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Evaz
Parts Type:Districts
Parts Style:para
P1:Central
P2:Bid Shahr
Coordinates:27.9167°N 103°W
Coordinates Footnotes:[1]
Timezone:IRST
Utc Offset:+3:30

Evaz County (Persian: شهرستان اوز) is in Fars province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Evaz,[2] whose population at the time of the 2016 National Census was 19,987 in 5,273 households.[3]

History

In 2018, Evaz District was separated from Larestan County in the establishment of Evaz County, which was divided into two districts of two rural districts each, with Evaz as its capital.[2] The village of Kureh was elevated to the status of a city.[4]

Demographics

Language

The language spoken in Evaz originates from the ancient Persian dialect called Achomi [5] (Avazi). The majority of the people in Evaz follow the religion Islam Sunni despite being the minority in Iran who follow this belief.[6]

Administrative divisions

Evaz County's administrative structure is shown in the following table.

Evaz County Population
Administrative Divisions
Central District
Evaz RD
Fishvar RD
Evaz (city)
Bid Shahr District
Bid Shahr RD
Qalat RD
Kureh (city)

See also

Notes and References

  1. ((OpenStreetMap contributors)) . Evaz County . . 17 September 2023 . 17 September 2023 . fa.
  2. Web site: Letter of approval regarding the country divisions of Larestan County, Fars province . fa . Qavanin . https://web.archive.org/web/20230917154417/https://qavanin.ir/Law/PrintText/266405 . Ministry of Interior, Council of Ministers . Jahangiri . Ishaq . 17 September 2023 . 10 July 2018 . 17 September 2023.
  3. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016) . 07 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 19 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220406013432/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_07.xlsx . Excel . 6 April 2022.
  4. Web site: The representative of the people of Larestan, Khonj, Gerash and Evaz in the parliament stated that Kureh was upgraded to a city . fa . Icana . https://web.archive.org/web/20210722024322/https://www.icana.ir/Fa/News/479365/کوره-به-شهر-ارتقا-یافت . Ministry of Interior . Fazli . Rahmani . 22 July 2021 . 27 April 1400 . 17 September 2023.
  5. Web site: ADMIN. 2015-06-12. The Sunnis of Hormozgan, Bandar Abbas. 2020-09-22. en.
  6. Web site: ADMIN. 2014-04-28. Crackdown on Persian Sunni students in Evaz (Fars/Larestan). 2020-09-28. en.