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]
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]
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]
Evaz County's administrative structure is shown in the following table.
Administrative Divisions | |
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Central District | |
Evaz RD | |
Fishvar RD | |
Evaz (city) | |
Bid Shahr District | |
Bid Shahr RD | |
Qalat RD | |
Kureh (city) | |