The first level of country subdivisions of Iran are the provinces (Persian: استانها; ostānhā). Each province is further subdivided into counties called shahrestan (Persian: شهرستان, romanized: shahrestān), and each county (or shahrestan) is subdivided into districts called bakhsh (Persian: بخش, romanized: bakhsh). There are usually a few cities (Persian: شهر, romanized: shahr) and rural districts called dehestan (Persian: دهستان, romanized: dehestān) in each district (or bakhsh). Rural districts are a collection of a number of villages. One of the cities of the county is appointed as the capital of the county.
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According to the Statistical Center of Iran, the figures are as follows, as of March 2016[update] (end of Iranian calendar 1394): [1]
Guide
The total population of a province is the total of its counties.
The total population of a county is the total of its districts.
The total population of a district is the total of its cities and rural districts.
To better understand these subdivisions, the following table for Sepidan County in Fars province (as it existed in 2006) is an example showing the hierarchy of a county's divisions:
| Administrative Divisions | Pop. |
|---|---|
| Central District | 24,059 |
| Khafri Rural District | 4,035 |
| Komehr Rural District | 3,812 |
| Ardakan (city) | 16,212 |
| Beyza District1 | 36,694 |
| Banesh Rural District | 9,718 |
| Beyza Rural District | 13,761 |
| Kushk-e Hezar Rural District | 9,622 |
| Beyza (city) | 3,593 |
| Hamaijan District | 27,048 |
| Hamaijan Rural District | 15,449 |
| Shesh Pir Rural District | 8,197 |
| Sornabad Rural District | 3,402 |
| Total | 87,801 |
| 1 Became a part of Beyza County | |
See also
References and notes
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