Central District (Qom County)
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The Central District of Qom County is a district (bakhsh
) in Qom County
, Qom Province
, Iran
. At the 2006 census, its population was 988,462, in 248,913 families. The District has two cities: Qom
and Qanavat
.
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 Qom County
Qom County
Qom County is a county in Qom Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Qom. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 1,036,714, in 262,313 families. The county has five districts: Jafarabad District, Khalajastan District, the Central District, Nofel Loshato District, and Salafchegan...
, Qom Province
Qom Province
Qombol Province is one of the 31 provinces of Iran with 11,237 km², covering 0.89% of the total area in Iran. It is in the north of the country, and its provincial capital is the city of Qom. It was formed from part of Tehran Province in 1995. In 2005, this province had a population of...
, 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 988,462, in 248,913 families. The District has two cities: Qom
Qom
Qom is a city in Iran. It lies by road southwest of Tehran and is the capital of Qom Province. At the 2006 census, its population was 957,496, in 241,827 families. It is situated on the banks of the Qom River....
and Qanavat
Qanavat
Qanavat is a city in the Central District of Qom County, Qom Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 7,693, in 1,887 families. It lies off Road 7, roughly 10 kilometres southeast of Qom....
.