Qaen County | |
Native Name: | Persian: شهرستان قائن |
Settlement Type: | County |
Image Map1: | IranSouthKhorasan-SVG.svg |
Map Caption1: | Location of South Khorasan province in Iran |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | South Khorasan |
Seat Type: | Capital |
Seat: | Qaen |
Parts Type: | Districts |
Parts Style: | para |
P1: | Central |
P2: | Nimbeluk |
P3: | Sedeh |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Total: | 116181 |
Coordinates: | 33.65°N 74°W |
Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
Timezone: | IRST |
Utc Offset: | +3:30 |
Qaen County (Persian: شهرستان قائن) is in South Khorasan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Qaen.[2] This city is known as “Capital of Saffron”.
After the 2011 National Census, Zirkuh and Zohan Districts were separated from the county in the establishment of Zirkuh County.[3]
At the time of the 2006 census, the county's population was 137,357 in 35,783 households.[4] The following census in 2011 counted 152,401 people in 42,002 households.[5] The 2016 census measured the population of the county as 116,181 in 34,794 households.[6]
Qaen County's population history and administrative structure over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.
Administrative Divisions | 2006 | 2011 | 2016 | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Central District | 62,040 | 70,686 | 73,917 | |
4,874 | 4,610 | 4,445 | ||
3,295 | 3,837 | 3,793 | ||
18,252 | 18,483 | 19,758 | ||
Esfeden (city) | 3,145 | 3,530 | 3,598 | |
Qaen (city) | 32,474 | 40,226 | 42,323 | |
Nimbeluk District | 18,396 | 20,152 | 19,791 | |
4,508 | 5,442 | 4,786 | ||
5,072 | 4,556 | 4,563 | ||
Khezri Dasht Beyaz (city) | 4,930 | 5,761 | 5,680 | |
Nimbeluk (city) | 3,886 | 4,393 | 4,762 | |
Sedeh District | 18,792 | 20,482 | 22,473 | |
5,765 | 6,276 | 7,123 | ||
6,407 | 7,357 | 8,441 | ||
3,569 | 3,264 | 3,180 | ||
Arianshahr (city) | 3,051 | 3,585 | 3,729 | |
Zirkuh District | 26,203 | 29,844 | ||
5,865 | 6,375 | |||
8,329 | 9,752 | |||
7,676 | 7,799 | |||
Hajjiabad (city) | 4,333 | 5,918 | ||
Zohan District | 11,926 | 11,237 | ||
5,311 | 4,760 | |||
5,908 | 5,058 | |||
Zohan (city) | 707 | 1,419 | ||
Total | 137,357 | 152,401 | 116,181 | |