Darab County
Persian: شهرستان داراب
County
Fadami Waterfalls [fa]
Fadami Waterfalls [fa]
Location of Darab County in Fars province (right, pink)
Location of Darab County in Fars province (right, pink)
Location of Fars province in Iran
Location of Fars province in Iran
Coordinates: 28°32′N 54°46′E / 28.533°N 54.767°E / 28.533; 54.767[1]
Country Iran
ProvinceFars
CapitalDarab
DistrictsCentral, Fasarud, Forg, Jannat, Rostaq
Population
 (2016)
 • Total201,489
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)
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Darab County (Persian: شهرستان داراب) is in Fars province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Darab.[2]

At the 2006 census, the county's population was 172,938 in 39,955 households.[3] The following census in 2011 counted 189,345 people in 50,595 households,[4] by which time Qaleh Biyaban Rural District, Qaryah ol Kheyr Rural District, and the city of Jannat Shahr had been separated from the Central District in the establishment of Jannat District. At the 2016 census, the county's population was 201,489 in 59,525 households.[5]

Administrative divisions

The population history and structural changes of Darab County's administrative divisions over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table. The latest census shows four districts, 12 rural districts, and four cities.[5]

After the census, Fasarud Rural District and Paskhan Rural District were separated from the Central District in the establishment of Fasarud District.[6] In addition, the villages of Paskhan and Rostaq were elevated to the status of cities.

Darab County Population
Administrative Divisions 2006[3] 2011[4] 2016[5]
Central District 137,677 125,069 134,535
Bakhtajerd RD 8,331 9,413 9,214
Balesh RD 10,043 12,408 14,013
Fasarud RD 8,531 8,479 7,819
Hashivar RD 13,827 14,241 15,425
Nasrovan RD 8,098 7,935 7,333
Paskhan RD 10,977 10,921 10,499
Qaleh Biyaban RD 5,951
Qaryah ol Kheyr RD 6,589
Darab (city) 54,513 61,672 70,232
Jannat Shahr (city) 10,817
Fasarud District1
Fasarud RD
Paskhan RD
Paskhan (city)2
Forg District 21,020 21,600 22,138
Abshur RD 10,639 6,950 6,897
Forg RD 10,381 7,971 8,237
Do Borji (city) 2,651 2,907
Fadami (city) 4,028 4,097
Jannat District 27,645 29,852
Qaleh Biyaban RD 7,083 7,472
Qaryah ol Kheyr RD 8,710 8,782
Jannat Shahr (city) 11,852 13,598
Rostaq District 14,241 14,340 14,391
Kuhestan RD 5,070 4,985 5,561
Rostaq RD 9,171 9,355 8,830
Rostaq (city)2
Total 172,938 189,345 201,489
RD: Rural District
1Established after the 2016 census[6]
2Became a city after the 2016 census

Overview

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It has five hundred villages, and possesses a very hot climate, snow being rarely seen there in winter. Darab city have area of about 7,500 square kilometers and a height of 1180 meters. It produces fruits, cereals, cotton, and tobacco, while the lower areas are used for winter crops by the Baharlu tribe. There are also nearby salt mines which have long been utilized. The town Darab, the capital of the district, is situated in a very fertile plain, 140 mi. S.E. of Shiraz. It has a population (in 2000) of about 60,718 and extensive orchards of orange and lemon trees and immense plantations of date-palms. Legend ascribes the foundation of the city to Darius, hence its name Darab-gerd ("Darius-fort").

In the neighborhood there are various remains of antiquity, the most important of which mi. S., is known as the Kalah i Dal-a, or citadel of Darius, and consists of a series of earthworks arranged in a circle round an isolated rock. Nothing, however, remains to fix the date or explain the history of the fortification. Another monument in the vicinity is a gigantic bas-relief, carved on the vertical face of a rock, representing the victory of the Sassanian Shapur I (Sapor) of Persia over the Roman emperor Valerian, A.D. 260.

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References

  1. ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (15 September 2023). "Darab County" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  2. ^ Habibi, Hassan (21 June 1369). "Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of Fars province, centered in Shiraz". Lamtakam (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Council of Ministers. Archived from the original on 7 December 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 07. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)" (Excel). Iran Data Portal (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 07. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  5. ^ a b c "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 07. Archived from the original (Excel) on 6 April 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  6. ^ a b Jahangiri, Ishaq (22 December 1397). "Letter of approval regarding the creation of Fasarud District, with the center of the village of Paskhan, from the combination of Fasarud and Paskhan Rural Districst in Darab County of Fars province". Qavanin (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Council of Ministers. Archived from the original on 15 September 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.



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