Counties of Iran

Counties of Iran شهرستانهای ایران (in Persian)
Also known as: šahrestân شهرستان
Found in	Provinces of Iran
Number	454
Subdivisions	Districts of Iran

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The counties of Iran, called shahrestan (Persian: شهرستان‎, also Romanized as "šahrestân"), are administrative divisions of larger provinces (ostan). The word shahrestan comes from the Persian words šahr ("city, town") and stân ("province, state"). "County", therefore, is a near equivalent to shahrestan.

Iranian counties are divided into one or more baxš (بخش), or districts. A typical county includes both cities (شهر šahr) and rural agglomerations (دهستان dehestân), which are groupings of adjacent villages. One city within the county serves as the capital of that county.

Each county is governed by an office known as farmândâri, which coordinates different public events and agencies and is headed by a farmândâr, the governor of the county and the highest-ranking official in the division.

Among the provinces of Iran, Fars has the highest number of shahrestans (36), while Qom uniquely has only one, being coextensive with its namesake county. In 2005, Iran had 324 shahrestans, while in 2021, Iran had 443 shahrestans.

Guide[]

To better understand these subdivisions, the following table is useful. Assume that province P is divided into two counties: A and B. County A has 3 districts: Central, X, and Y. The Central district is the district that contains City M, the capital of the county. Each district contains one or more cities and/or one or more RAs (rural agglomerations). In our example, the Central district contains City M, City N, and RA T, which is composed of the villages V1, V2, V3, and V4; district X contains City O and RA U; and district Y has no cities and one RA V. The minimal county consists of only one city as the only district, named Central. The county B in the following table is of such type, containing only one city Q.

The counties are listed below, by province, with the capital and the county containing the capital of the provinces in bold:

List[]

Population of Iranian provinces and counties in 2021.

Province	No. of Counties	Name	Capital	Map
Alborz	6	Eshtehard	Eshtehard
			Fardis
		Karaj	Karaj
		Nazarabad	Nazarabad
		Savojbolagh	Hashtgerd
		Taleqan	Taleqan
Ardabil	10	Ardabil	Ardabil
		Bileh Savar	Bileh Savar
		Germi	Germi
		Khalkhal	Khalkhal
		Kowsar	Kivi
		Meshgin Shahr	Meshginshahr
		Namin	Namin
		Nir	Nir
		Parsabad	Parsabad
		Sareyn	Sareyn
Bushehr	10	Asaluyeh	Asaluyeh
		Bushehr	Bushehr
		Dashtestan	Borazjan
		Dashti	Khormuj
		Deyr	Bandar-e Deyr
		Deylam	Bandar Deylam
		Ganaveh	Bandar Ganaveh
		Jam	Jam
		Kangan	Bandar Kangan
		Tangestan	Ahram
Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari	9	Ardal	Ardal
		Ben	Ben
		Borujen	Borujen
		Farsan	Farsan
		Kiar	Shalamzar
		Kuhrang	Chelgerd
		Lordegan	Lordegan
		Saman	Saman
		Shahrekord	Shahr-e Kord
East Azerbaijan	21	Ahar	Ahar
		Ajab Shir	Ajab Shir
		Azarshahr	Azarshahr
		Bonab	Bonab
		Bostanabad	Bostanabad
		Charuymaq	Qarah Aghaj
		Hashtrud	Hashtrud
		Heris	Heris
			Hurand
		Jolfa	Jolfa
		Kaleybar	Kaleybar
		Khoda Afarin	Khomarlu
		Malekan	Malekan
		Maragheh	Maragheh
		Marand	Marand
		Mianeh	Mianeh
		Osku	Osku
		Sarab	Sarab
		Shabestar	Shabestar
		Tabriz	Tabriz
		Varzaqan	Varzaqan
Fars	36	Abadeh	Abadeh
		Abadeh Tashk	Abadeh Tashk
		Arsanjan	Arsanjan
		Bavanat	Surian
		Beyza	Beyza
		Chenar Shahijan	Qaemiyeh
		Darab	Darab
		Eqlid	Eqlid
		Estahban	Estahban
		Evaz	Evaz
		Farashband	Farashband
		Fasa	Fasa
		Firuzabad	Firuzabad
		Gerash	Gerash
		Jahrom	Jahrom
		Kavar	Kavar
		Kazerun	Kazerun
		Khafr	Bab Anar
		Kharameh	Kharameh
		Khonj	Khonj
		Khorrambid	Safashahr
		Lamerd	Lamerd
		Larestan	Lar
		Mamasani	Nurabad
		Marvdasht	Marvdasht
		Mohr	Mohr
		Neyriz	Neyriz
		Pasargad	Saadat Shahr
		Qir and Karzin	Qir
		Rostam	Masiri
		Sarchehan	Korehi
		Sarvestan	Sarvestan
		Sepidan	Ardakan
		Shiraz	Shiraz
		Zarqan	Zarqan
		Zarrin Dasht	Hajjiabad
Gilan	16	Amlash	Amlash
		Astaneh-ye Ashrafiyeh	Astaneh-ye Ashrafiyeh
		Astara	Astara
		Bandar-e Anzali	Bandar-e Anzali
		Fuman	Fuman
		Lahijan	Lahijan
		Langarud	Langarud
		Masal	Masal
		Rasht	Rasht
		Rezvanshahr	Rezvanshahr
		Rudbar	Rudbar
		Rudsar	Rudsar
		Shaft	Shaft
		Siahkal	Siahkal
		Sowme'eh Sara	Sowme'eh Sara
		Talesh	Hashtpar
Golestan	14	Aliabad	Aliabad-e Katul
		Aqqala	Aqqala
		Azadshahr	Azadshahr
		Bandar-e Gaz	Bandar-e Gaz
		Galikash	Galikash
		Gomishan	Gomishan
		Gonbad-e Kavus	Gonbad-e Kavus
		Gorgan	Gorgan
		Kalaleh	Kalaleh
		Kordkuy	Kordkuy
		Maraveh Tappeh	Maraveh Tappeh
		Minudasht	Minudasht
		Ramian	Ramian
		Torkaman	Bandar Torkaman
Hamadan	10	Asadabad	Asadabad
		Bahar	Bahar
		Famenin	Famenin
		Hamadan	Hamadan
		Kabudarahang	Kabudarahang
		Malayer	Malayer
		Nahavand	Nahavand
		Qorveh-e Darjazin	Qorveh-e Darjazin
		Razan	Razan
		Tuyserkan	Tuyserkan
Hormozgan	12	Abumusa	Abu Musa
		Bandar Abbas	Bandar Abbas
		Bandar Lengeh	Bandar Lengeh
		Bashagard	Sardasht
		Bastak	Bastak
		Hajjiabad	Hajjiabad
		Jask	Jask
		Khamir	Banda Khamir
		Minab	Minab
		Parsian	Parsian
		Qeshm	Qeshm
		Rudan	Rudan
Ilam	11	Abdanan	Abdanan
		Badreh	Badreh
		Chardavol	Sarableh
		Darreh Shahr	Darreh Shahr
		Dehloran	Dehloran
		Eyvan	Eyvan
		Holeylan	Towhid
		Ilam	Ilam
		Malekshahi	Arkavaz
		Mehran	Mehran
		Sirvan	Lumar
Isfahan	24	Aran va Bidgol	Aran o Bidgol
		Ardestan	Ardestan
		Borkhar	Dowlatabad
		Buin va Miandasht	Buin va Miandasht
		Chadegan	Chadegan
		Dehaqan	Dehaqan
		Falavarjan	Falavarjan
		Faridan	Daran
		Fereydunshahr	Fereydunshahr
		Golpayegan	Golpayegan
		Isfahan	Isfahan
		Kashan	Kashan
		Khansar	Khansar
		Khomeyni Shahr	Khomeyni Shahr
		Khur and Biabanak	Khur
		Lenjan	Zarrin Shahr
		Mobarakeh	Mobarakeh
		Nain	Nain
		Najafabad	Najafabad
		Natanz	Natanz
		Semirom	Semirom
		Shahreza	Shahreza
		Shahin Shahr and Meymeh	Shahin Shahr
		Tiran and Karvan	Tiran
Kerman	23	Anar	Anar
		Anbarabad	Anbarabad
		Arzuiyeh	Arzuiyeh
		Baft	Baft
		Bam	Bam
		Bardsir	Bardsir
		Fahraj	Fahraj
		Faryab	Faryab
		Jiroft	Jiroft
		Kahnuj	Kahnuj
		Kerman	Kerman
		Kuhbanan	Kuhbanan
		Manujan	Manujan
		Narmashir	Narmashir
		Qaleh Ganj	Qaleh Ganj
		Rabor	Rabor
		Rafsanjan	Rafsanjan
		Ravar	Ravar
		Rigan	Mohammadabad
		Rudbar-e Jonubi	Rudbar
		Shahr-e Babak	Shahr-e Babak
		Sirjan	Sirjan
		Zarand	Zarand
Kermanshah	14	Dalahu	Kerend-e Gharb
		Eslamabad-e Gharb	Eslamabad-e Gharb
		Gilan-e Gharb	Gilan-e Gharb
		Harsin	Harsin
		Javanrud	Javanrud
		Kangavar	Kangavar
		Kermanshah	Kermanshah
		Paveh	Paveh
		Qasr-e Shirin	Qasr-e Shirin
		Ravansar	Ravansar
		Sahneh	Sahneh
		Salas-e Babajani	Tazehabad
		Sarpol-e Zahab	Sarpol-e Zahab
		Sonqor	Sonqor
Khuzestan	26	Abadan	Abadan
		Aghajri	Aghajri
		Ahvaz	Ahvaz
		Andika	Qaleh-ye Khvajeh
		Andimeshk	Andimeshk
		Bagh-e Malek	Bagh-e Malek
		Bavi	Mollasani
		Behbahan	Behbahan
		Dasht-e Azadegan	Susangerd
		Dezful	Dezful
		Gotvand	Gotvand
		Haftkel	Haftkel
		Hendijan	Hendijan
		Hoveyzeh	Hoveyzeh
		Izeh	Izeh
		Karun	Kut-e Abdollah
		Khorramshahr	Khorramshahr
		Lali	Lali
		Mahshahr	Bandar-e Mahshahr
		Masjed Soleyman	Masjed Soleyman
		Omidiyeh	Omidiyeh
		Ramhormoz	Ramhormoz
		Ramshir	Ramshir
		Shadegan	Shadegan
		Shush	Shush
		Shushtar	Shushtar
Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad	9	Bahmai	Likak
		Basht	Basht
		Boyer-Ahmad	Yasuj
		Charam	Charam
		Dana	Sisakht
		Gachsaran	Dogonbadan
		Kohgiluyeh	Dehdasht
		Landeh	Landeh
		Margown	Margown
Kurdistan	10	Baneh	Baneh
		Bijar	Bijar
		Dehgolan	Dehgolan
		Divandarreh	Divandarreh
		Kamyaran	Kamyaran
		Marivan	Marivan
		Qorveh	Qorveh
		Sanandaj	Sanandaj
		Saqqez	Saqqez
		Sarvabad	Sarvabad
Lorestan	10	Aligudarz	Aligudarz
		Azna	Azna
		Borujerd	Borujerd
		Delfan	Nurabad
		Dorud	Dorud
		Dowreh	Sarab-e Dowreh
		Khorramabad	Khorramabad
		Kuhdasht	Kuhdasht
		Pol-e Dokhtar	Pol-e Dokhtar
		Selseleh	Chaqabol
Markazi	12	Arak	Arak
		Ashtian	Ashtian
		Delijan	Delijan
		Farahan	Farmahin
		Khomeyn	Khomeyn
		Khondab	Khondab
		Komijan	Komijan
		Mahallat	Mahallat
		Saveh	Saveh
		Shazand	Shazand
		Tafresh	Tafresh
		Zarandieh	Mamuniyeh
Mazandaran	22	Abbasabad	Abbasabad
		Amol	Amol
		Babol	Babol
		Babolsar	Babolsar
		Behshahr	Behshahr
		Chalus	Chalus
		Fereydunkenar	Fereydunkenar
		Galugah	Galugah
		Juybar	Juybar
		Kelardasht	Kelardasht
		Mahmudabad	Mahmudabad
		Miandorud	Surak
		Neka	Neka
		North Savadkuh	Shirgah
		Nowshahr	Nowshahr
		Nur	Nur
		Qaem Shahr	Qaem Shahr
		Ramsar	Ramsar
		Sari	Sari
		Savadkuh	Pol-e Sefid
		Simorgh	Kiakola
		Tonekabon	Tonekabon
North Khorasan	8	Bojnord	Bojnord
		Esfarayen	Esfarayen
		Faruj	Faruj
		Garmeh	Garmeh
		Jajarm	Jajarm
		Maneh and Samalqan	Ashkhaneh
		Raz and Jargalan	Raz
		Shirvan	Shirvan
Qazvin	6	Abyek	Abyek
		Alborz	Alvand
		Avaj	Avaj
		Buin Zahra	Buin Zahra
		Qazvin	Qazvin
		Takestan	Takestan
Qom	1	Qom	Qom
Razavi Khorasan	32	Bajestan	Bajestan
		Bakharz	Bakharz
		Bardaskan	Bardaskan
		Chenaran	Chenaran
		Dargaz	Dargaz
		Davarzan	Davarzan
		Fariman	Fariman
		Firuzeh	Firuzeh
		Gonabad	Gonabad
		Joghatai	Joghatai
		Joveyn	Neqab
		Kalat	Kalat
		Kashmar	Kashmar
		Khaf	Khaf
		Khalilabad	Khalilabad
		Khoshab	Soltanabad
		Kuhsorkh	Rivash
		Mahvelat	Feyzabad
		Mashhad	Mashhad
		Nishapur	Nishapur
		Quchan	Quchan
		Roshtkhar	Roshtkhar
		Sabzevar	Sabzevar
		Salehabad	Salehabad
		Sarakhs	Sarakhs
		Sheshtamad	Sheshtomad
		Taybad	Taybad
		Torbat-e Heydarieh	Torbat-e Heydarieh
		Torbat-e Jam	Torbat-e Jam
		Torqabeh and Shandiz	Torqabeh
		Zaveh	Dowlatabad
		Zeberkhan	Qadamgah
Semnan	8	Aradan	Aradan
		Damghan	Damghan
		Garmsar	Garmsar
		Mehdishahr	Mehdishahr
		Meyami	Meyami
		Semnan	Semnan
		Shahrud	Shahrud
		Sorkheh	Sorkheh
Sistan and Baluchistan	21	Bampur	Bampur
		Chabahar	Chabahar
		Dalgan	Galmurti
		Dashtiari	Negur
		Fanuj	Fanuj
		Hamun	Mohammadabad
		Hirmand	Dust Mohammad
		Iranshahr	Iranshahr
		Khash	Khash
		Konarak	Konarak
		Mehrestan	Zaboli
		Mirjaveh	Mirjaveh
		Nik Shahr	Nik Shahr
		Nimruz	Adimi
		Qasr-e Qand	Qasr-e Qand
		Saravan	Saravan
		Sarbaz	Rask
		Sib and Suran	Suran
		Zabol	Zabol
		Zahedan	Zahedan
		Zehak	Zehak
South Khorasan	11	Birjand	Birjand
		Boshruyeh	Boshruyeh
		Darmian	Asadiyeh
		Ferdows	Ferdows
		Khusf	Khusf
		Nehbandan	Nehbandan
		Qaen	Qaen
		Sarayan	Sarayan
		Sarbisheh	Sarbisheh
		Tabas	Tabas
		Zirkuh	Hajjiabad
Tehran	16	Baharestan	Nasimshahr
		Damavand	Damavand
		Eslamshahr	Eslamshahr
		Firuzkuh	Firuzkuh
		Malard	Malard
		Pakdasht	Pakdasht
		Pardis	Pardis
		Pishva	Pishva
		Qarchak	Qarchak
		Qods	Qods
		Ray	Ray[1]
		Robat Karim	Robat Karim
		Shahriar	Shahriar
		Shemiranat	Shemiran[2]
		Tehran	Tehran
		Varamin	Varamin
West Azerbaijan	17	Bukan	Bukan
		Chaldoran	Siah Cheshmeh
		Chaypareh	Qarah Zia od Din
		Khoy	Khoy
		Mahabad	Mahabad
		Maku	Maku
		Miandoab	Miandoab
		Naqadeh	Naqadeh
		Oshnavieh	Oshnavieh
		Piranshahr	Piranshahr
		Poldasht	Poldasht
		Salmas	Salmas
		Sardasht	Sardasht
		Shahin Dezh	Shahin Dezh
		Showt	Showt
		Takab	Takab
		Urmia	Urmia
Yazd	10	Abarkuh	Abarkuh
		Ardakan	Ardakan
		Ashkezar	Ashkezar
		Bafq	Bafq
		Behabad	Behabad
		Khatam	Herat
		Mehriz	Mehriz
		Meybod	Meybod
		Taft	Taft
		Yazd	Yazd
Zanjan	8	Abhar	Abhar
		Ijrud	Zarrinabad
		Khodabandeh	Qeydar
		Khorramdarreh	Khorramdarreh
		Mahneshan	Mah Neshan
		Soltaniyeh	Soltaniyeh
		Tarom	Ab Bar
		Zanjan	Zanjan

See also[]

• Ostan
• Bakhsh
• Provinces of Iran

References[]

• اطلس گیتاشناسی استان‌های ایران [Atlas-e Gitashenasi-ye Ostanha-ye Iran] (Gitashenasi Province Atlas of Iran)