Administrative divisions of Iran

تقسیمات کشوری در ایران

(Wikipedia) - On the first level of country subdivisions of Iran are the provinces. Each province is further subdivided into counties called shahrestan, and each shahrestan is subdivided into districts called bakhsh. There are usually a few cities and rural agglomerations in each county. Rural agglomerations are a collection of a number of villages. One of the cities of the county is appointed as the capital of the county. According to the Statistical Center of Iran, the figures are as follows, as of March 2005 (end of Iranian Calendar 1383): To better understand such subdivisions, the following table may be helpful. Assume that province P is divided into two counties: A and B. County A has 3 districts: Central, X, and Y. The Central district is the district that contains City M, the capital of the county. Each district might contain one or more cities and/or one or more RAs (rural agglomerations). In our example, the Central district contains City M, City N, and RA T composed of the villages V1, V2, V3, and V4, in turn; district X contains City O and RA U; and district Y has no cities and one RA V. The minimal county consists of only one city as the only district, named Central, of course. The county B in the following table is of such type, containing only one city Q. Administrative divisions of Iran Iran

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On the first level of country subdivisions of Iran are the provinces.

Each province is further subdivided into counties called shahrestan (Persian: شهرستان shahrestān‎), and each shahrestan is subdivided into districts called bakhsh (Persian: بخش bakhsh‎). There are usually a few cities (Persian: شهر shahr‎) and rural agglomerations (Persian: دهستان dehestān‎) in each county. Rural agglomerations are a collection of a number of villages. One of the cities of the county is appointed as the capital of the county.

According to the Statistical Center of Iran, the figures are as follows, as of March 2005 (end of Iranian calendar 1383):

English Persian sing. Persian pl. number

Provinces	استان ostān	استان‌ها ostānhā	30
Counties	شهرستان shahrestān		324
Districts	بخش bakhsh		865
Townships	شهر shahr		982
rural agglomerations	دهستان dehestān		2378

To better understand such subdivisions, the following table may be helpful. Assume that province P is divided into two counties: A and B. County A has 3 districts: Central, X, and Y. The Central district is the district that contains City M, the capital of the county. Each district might contain one or more cities and/or one or more RAs (rural agglomerations). In our example, the Central district contains City M, City N, and RA T composed of the villages V1, V2, V3, and V4, in turn; district X contains City O and RA U; and district Y has no cities and one RA V. The minimal county consists of only one city as the only district, named Central, of course. The county B in the following table is of such type, containing only one city Q.

Province County District City / RA* Villages

P	A	Central	City M (c)
			City N
			RA T	V1, V2, V3, V4
		X	City O
			RA U	V5, V6
		Y	RA V	V7, V8, V9
	B	Central	City Q

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