Central District (Abhar County)
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The Central District of Abhar County is a district (bakhsh
) in Abhar County
, Zanjan Province
, Iran
. At the 2006 census, its population was 130,278, in 34,051 families. The District has three cities: Abhar
, Sain Qaleh
, and Hidaj
.
Bakhsh
A bakhsh is a type of administrative division of Iran. While sometimes translated as county, it is more accurately translated as district, as they are similar to a township in the United States or a district of England....
) in Abhar County
Abhar County
Abhar County is a county in Zanjan Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Abhar. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 158,544, in 41,333 families. The county is divided into two districts: the Central District and Soltaniyeh District. The county has four cities: Abhar,...
, Zanjan Province
Zanjan Province
Zanjan Province is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. Located in the North West of Iran, its capital is Zanjan city. Zanjan province with an area of 36,400 km² has a mostly rural, population of 964,601 . The province lies 330 km northwest of Tehran, connected to it via a freeway.Zanjan...
, 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 130,278, in 34,051 families. The District has three cities: Abhar
Abhar
Abhar is a city in and capital of Abhar County, Zanjan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 70,836, in 19,136 families.Abhar is located between Qazvin and Zanjan, near the Abhar River. It is the second-largest city in the province after Zanjan...
, Sain Qaleh
Sain Qaleh
Sain Qaleh is a city in the Central District of Abhar County, Zanjan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 11,083, in 2,896 families....
, and Hidaj
Hidaj
Hidaj is a city in the Central District of Abhar County, Zanjan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 11,798, in 3,011 families....
.