Central District (Behshahr County)
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The Central District of Behshahr County is a district (bakhsh
) in Behshahr County
, Mazandaran Province
, Iran
. At the 2006 census, its population was 144,332, in 37,603 families. The District has three cities: Behshahr
, Khalil Shahr
, and Rostamkola
.
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 Behshahr County
Behshahr County
Behshahr County is a county in Mazandaran Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Behshahr. The most important towns of the county are Behshahr and Rostamkola. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 154,957, in 40,432 families. The county is subdivided into two districts: the...
, Mazandaran Province
Mazandaran Province
Mazandaran Province is a Caspian province in the north of Iran. Located on the southern coast of the Caspian Sea, it is bordered clockwise by the Golestan, Semnan, Tehran, Alborz, Qazvin, and Gilan provinces....
, 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 144,332, in 37,603 families. The District has three cities: Behshahr
Behshahr
Behshahr is a city in and the capital of Behshahr County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 83,537, in 22,034 families.It is approximately forty kilometers from Sari. The name Behshahr literally means The Best city...
, Khalil Shahr
Khalil Shahr
Khalil Shahr , also Romanized as Khalīl Maḩalleh and Khallī Mahalleh) is a city in the Central District of Behshahr County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 10,096, in 2,485 families....
, and Rostamkola
Rostamkola
Rostamkola is a city in the Central District of Behshahr County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 11,306, in 3,055 families....
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