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Rafsanjan County

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Country
  
Iran

Time zone
  
IRST (UTC+3:30)

Capital
  
Rafsanjan

Province
  
Kerman Province

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Bakhsh (Districts)
  
Central District, Nuq District, Koshkuiyeh District, Ferdows District

Rafsanjan County (Persian: شهرستان رفسنجان‎‎) is a county in Kerman Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Rafsanjan. At the 2006 census, the county's population (including portions later split off to form Anar County) was 291,417, in 71,830 families; excluding those portions, the population was 259,863 in 64,027 families. The county is subdivided into four districts (bakhsh): the Central District, Nuq District, Koshkuiyeh District, and Ferdows District. The county has five cities: Rafsanjan, Mes-e Sarcheshmeh, Bahreman, Koshkuiyeh, and Safayyeh.

Map of Rafsanjan, Kerman Province, Iran

Former Iranian president, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was born in Bahreman, in Rafsanjan County.

References

Rafsanjan County Wikipedia