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Country
  
Iran

Time zone
  
IRST (UTC+3:30)

Capital
  
Buin Zahra

Province
  
Qazvin Province

Buin Zahra County

Bakhsh (Districts)
  
Central District, Ramand District, Shal District, Dashtabi District

Buin-Zahra County (Persian: شهرستان بوئین‌زهرا‎‎) is a county in Qazvin Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Buin Zahra. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 153,873, in 38,377 families. The county consists of four districts: Ramand District, Shal District, the Central District, and Dashtabi District. The county has five cities: Buin Zahra, Ardak, Danesfahan, Sagezabad, and Shal. Most people of Buin Zahra County are Tat and they speak Tati.

Contents

Jalal Al-e-Ahmad's monograph: "Tat people of Block-e-Zahra" provides detailed description of the region.

The Buin-Zahra is famous for pistachio, there is lots of pistachio garden in this area. The main street in capital(Buin-Zahra) is Vali Asr St.

Azad University of Buin-Zahra is also located in this city about 10 minutes from City Center.

One of the tourist attraction in this area is "Mehregan Town" which is located in north of Buin-Zahra, 14 minutes from Buin-Zahra Square.

Earthquakes

The area was devastated by the 1962 Bou'in-Zahra earthquake and again by the 2002 Bou'in-Zahra earthquake.

References

Buin Zahra County Wikipedia