Lashar County

Lashar County (Persian: شهرستان لاشار) is in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Espakeh. At the 2006 census, the county's population (as two rural districts and a city of Lashar District of Nik Shahr County) was 26,576 in 5,663 households.[1] The following census in 2011 counted 30,720 people, in 7,721 households.[2] At the 2016 census, the population of those divisions was 33,973, in 9,123 households.[3] They were separated from the county in 2021 to become Lashar County.

Lashar County
شهرستان لاشار
County
Location of Lashar County in Sistan and Baluchestan province (center left, purple)
Location of Lashar County in Sistan and Baluchestan province (center left, purple)
Location of Sistan and Baluchestan province in Iran
Location of Sistan and Baluchestan province in Iran
Coordinates: 26°44′N 60°10′E / 26.733°N 60.167°E / 26.733; 60.167Coordinates: 26°44′N 60°10′E / 26.733°N 60.167°E / 26.733; 60.167
CountryFlag of Iran.svg Iran
ProvinceSistan and Baluchestan
CapitalEspakeh
DistrictsCentral, Pip
Population
 (2006)
 • Total37,073
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+4:30 (IRDT)

Administrative divisionsEdit

The population history of Lashar County's administrative divisions over three consecutive censuses is shown in the following table.

Lashar County Population1
Administrative Divisions 2006[1] 2011[2] 2016[3]
Lashar District 26,576 30,720 33,973
Lashar-e Jonubi Rural District 12,279 14,299 15,050
Lashar-e Shomali Rural District 11,302 12,785 14,204
Espakeh (city) 2,995 3,636 4,719
Total 26,576 30,720 33,973
1As a part of Nik Shahr County at the 2006, 2011, and 2016 censuses

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ a b "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 11. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)" (Excel). Iran Data Portal (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 11. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 11. Archived from the original (Excel) on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2022.