Central District (Mashhad County)
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The Central District of Mashhad County is a district (bakhsh
) in Mashhad County
, Razavi Khorasan Province
, Iran
. At the 2006 census, its population was 2,679,938, in 704,045 families. The District has one city: Mashhad
.
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 Mashhad County
Mashhad County
Mashhad County is a county in Razavi Khorasan Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Mashhad. At the 2006 census, its population was 2,848,637, in 746,652 families; excluding those portions, the population was 2,798,298 in 732,996 families...
, Razavi Khorasan Province
Razavi Khorasan Province
Razavi Khorasan Province is a province located in northeastern Iran. Mashhad is the centre and capital of the province.Other cities and townships are Ghouchan, Dargaz, Chenaran, Sarakhs, Fariman, Torbat-e Heydarieh, Torbat-e Jam, Taybad, Khaf, Roshtkhar, Kashmar, Bardaskan, Nishapur, Sabzevar,...
, 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 2,679,938, in 704,045 families. The District has one city: Mashhad
Mashhad
Mashhad , is the second largest city in Iran and one of the holiest cities in the Shia Muslim world. It is also the only major Iranian city with an Arabic name. It is located east of Tehran, at the center of the Razavi Khorasan Province close to the borders of Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. Its...
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