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Shahrud County

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Country
  
Iran

Time zone
  
IRST (UTC+3:30)

Province
  
Semnan Province

Capital
  
Shahrud

Population
  
238,830 (2010)

Shahrud County

Bakhsh (Districts)
  
Central District, Bastam District, Beyarjomand District

Shahrud County (Persian: شهرستان شاهرود‎‎) is a county in Semnan Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Shahrud. At the 2010 census, the county's population (including those portions detached in 2011 to form Meyami County) was 238,830, in 70,598 families; excluding those positions, the population (as of 2006) was 188,183, in 52,613. The county is subdivided into three districts: the Central District, Bastam District, and Beyarjomand District. The county has five cities: Shahrud, Bastam, Mojen, Kalateh Khij, and Beyarjomand.

Contents

Map of Shahrud, Semnan Province, Iran

Notable natives and residents

  • Bayazid Bastami, 9th century Sufi
  • Abu al-Hassan al-Kharaqani (963-1033), Sufi
  • Abbas Foroughi Bastami (1798-1857), poet
  • References

    Shahrud County Wikipedia