Farrokhshahr County Explained

Farrokhshahr County
Native Name:Persian: شهرستان فرخ‌شهر
Settlement Type:County
Image Map1:IranChaharMahaalBakhtiari-SVG.svg
Map Caption1:Location of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province in Iran
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Farrokh Shahr
Parts Type:Districts
Parts Style:para
P1:Central
P2:Dastgerd
Coordinates:32.1867°N 51.0556°W
Coordinates Footnotes:[1]
Timezone:IRST
Utc Offset:+3:30

Farrokhshahr County (Persian: شهرستان فرخ‌شهر) is in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Farrokh Shahr,[2] whose population at the time of the 2016 National Census was 31,739 people in 9,292 households.[3]

History

In August 2023, Farrokhshahr District was separated from Shahrekord County in the establishment of Farrokhshahr County, which was divided into two districts and three rural districts, with Farrokh Shahr as its capital and only city.[2]

Demographics

Administrative divisions

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

Farrokhshahr County
Administrative Divisions
Central District
Qahfarrokh RD
Farrokh Shahr (city)
Dastgerd District
Dastgerd RD
Surk RD

See also

Notes and References

  1. ((OpenStreetMap contributors)) . Farrokhshahr County . . 27 March 2024 . 27 March 2024 . fa.
  2. Web site: Farrokhshahr, the twelfth county of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province . fa . Khabar Online . https://web.archive.org/web/20230816021951/https://www.khabaronline.ir/news/1801977/فرخ-شهر-دوازدهمین-شهرستان-استان-چهارمحال-و-بختیاری . 16 August 2023 . Ministry of Interior, Cabinet of Ministers . 15 August 2023 . 27 March 2024.
  3. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016) . 14 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 19 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190524080828/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_14.xlsx . Excel . 24 May 2019.