Zarqan County Explained

Zarqan County
Native Name:Persian: شهرستان زرقان
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:Zarqan
Parts Type:Districts
Parts Style:para
P1:Central
P2:Rahmatabad
Coordinates:29.7333°N 101°W
Coordinates Footnotes:[1]
Timezone:IRST
Utc Offset:+3:30

Zarqan County (Persian: شهرستان زرقان) is in Fars province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Zarqan,[2] whose population at the time of the 2016 National Census was 32,261 in 9,591 households.[3]

History

In July 2018, Zarqan District was separated from Shiraz County in the establishment of Zarqan County, which was divided into two districts of two rural districts each, with Zarqan as its capital.[2]

Demographics

Administrative divisions

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

Zarqan County
Administrative Divisions
Central District
Band-e Amir RD
Zarqan RD
Lapui (city)
Zarqan (city)
Rahmatabad District
Emamzadeh Ali RD
Rahmatabad RD

See also

Notes and References

  1. ((OpenStreetMap contributors)) . Zarqan County . . 1 October 2023 . 1 October 2023 . fa.
  2. Web site: Approval letter regarding country divisions of Zarqan District, Shiraz County, Fars province . fa . Martyrdom of Imam Ali (AS) Research Center of the Islamic Council . https://web.archive.org/web/20220421204859/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/1323638 . Ministry of Interior, Council of Ministers . Jahangiri . Ishaq . 21 April 2022 . 10 July 2018 . 1 October 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.