Anbarabad is a city in and the capital of Anbarabad County

Anbarabad County

Anbarabad County is a county in Kerman Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Anbarabad. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 113,751, in 23,858 families. The county is subdivided into three districts : the Central District, Esmaili District, and Jebalbarez Jonubi District. The...

, Kerman Province, Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

. At the 2006 census, its population was 18,590, in 3,997 families. It is located to the southwest of Jiroft

Jiroft

Jiroft is a city in and the capital of Jiroft County, Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 95,031, in 19,926 families. It is located south of the city of Kerman, and south of Tehran along Road 91...

, off the Road 91

Road 91 (Iran)

Road 91 is a road in eastern and southern Iran. This road connects Razavi Kohorasan to Kerman, Bandarabbas and Jask....

. The local economy is agricultural based, with extensive fields around Anbarabad.

In 2003, Anbarabad became recognized as a sub-provincial unit (county) and separated from Jiroft County which it had been belonged to. Most of the land around Anbarabad is steppe or sandy desert, but there is an extensive strip of fields between the city and the Route 91, indicating an agricultural importance in the area. Some species have been identified which are endemic to the Anbarabad area including those of the sub family Thaumastellinae for the genus Thaumastella.