Central District (Bam County)
Encyclopedia
The Central District of Bam County is a district (bakhsh
) in Bam County
, Kerman Province, Iran
. At the 2006 census, its population was 118,037, in 31,124 families. The District has two cities: Bam
and Baravat
.
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 Bam County
Bam County
Bam County is a county in Kerman Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Bam. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 277,835, in 67,639 families; excluding those portions, the population was 118,037 in 31,124 families...
, 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 118,037, in 31,124 families. The District has two cities: Bam
Bam, Iran
Bam is a city in and the capital of Bam County, Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 73,823, in 19,572 families.The modern Iranian city of Bam surrounds the Bam citadel. Before the 2003 earthquake the official population count of the city was roughly 43,000. There are...
and Baravat
Baravat
Bezenjan is a city in the Central District of Bam County, Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 15,388, in 3,950 families....
.