Taftan County | |
Native Name: | Persian: شهرستان تفتان |
Settlement Type: | County |
Image Map1: | IranSistanBaluchistan-SVG.svg |
Map Caption1: | Location of Sistan and Baluchestan province in Iran |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Sistan and Baluchestan |
Seat Type: | Capital |
Seat: | Nukabad |
Parts Type: | Districts |
Parts Style: | para |
P1: | Central |
P2: | Gowhar Kuh |
P3: | Nazil |
Coordinates: | 28.3336°N 60.6333°W |
Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
Timezone: | IRST |
Utc Offset: | +3:30 |
Taftan County (Persian: شهرستان تفتان) is in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Nukabad,[2] whose population at the time of the 2016 National Census was 5,261 people in 1,370 households.[3]
In 2018, Nukabad District was separated from Khash County in the establishment of Taftan County, which was divided into three districts of two rural districts each, with Nukabad as its capital and only city.[2]
Taftan County's administrative structure is shown in the following table.
Administrative Divisions | |
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Central District | |
Eskelabad RD | |
Taftan-e Jonubi RD | |
Nukabad (city) | |
Gowhar Kuh District | |
Gowhar Kuh RD | |
Shirabad RD | |
Nazil District | |
Chah-e Ahmad RD | |
Nazil RD | |