Country Iran Time zone IRST (UTC+3:30) Province Razavi Khorasan Province | Capital Mashhad Population 3.07 million (2011) | |
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Bakhsh (Districts) Central District, Ahmadabad District, Razaviyeh District | ||
Mashhad County (Persian: شهرستان مشهد) is a county (shahrestān) in Razavi Khorasan Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Mashhad. At the 2011 census, the population was 3,069,941. At the 2006 census, its population (including parts of the county later split from it to form Torqabeh e Shandiz County) was 2,848,637, in 746,652 families; excluding those portions, the population was 2,798,298 in 732,996 families. Mashhad County is the most populous county in Razavi Khorasan Province and the second most populus in the country behind Tehran County.
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Map of Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran
Districts
The county is divided in three districts (bakhsh), with their capitals:
The districts are further divided in smaller units, like cities or towns (shahr) and rural units (dehestān).
References
Mashhad County Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA