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Abakhsh (Persian:بخش, alsoromanized asbaxš) is a third-leveladministrative division ofIran. While sometimes translated as "county”, it is more accurately translated as "district”, similar to atownship in the United States or adistrict of England.
In Iran, the provinces (first-level divisions) (استان,ostān) consist of several counties (second-level divisions) (شهرستان,shahrestān), and the counties consist of one or more districts (third-level divisions) (بخش,bakhsh). A district consists of a combination of cities (شهرshahr) and rural districts (دهستان,dehestān) (fourth-level divisions). The official governor of a district is called abakhshdar, the head of thebakhshdari office. Rural districts are a collection of villages and their surrounding lands. One of the cities of the county is named its capital.[1][2]
The following table indicates the 2006 structure ofKhash County, one of the 26 counties that constituteSistan and Baluchestan province.
Districts may occasionally be separated from the county to become counties of their own. For example, Nukabad District separated on 14 December 2018 to become Taftan County, after which the city of Nukabad was elevated to capital status within the newly created Central District of Taftan.[3]
| Administrative Divisions | Pop. |
|---|---|
| Central District | 111,114 |
| Esmailabad Rural District | 16,940 |
| Karvandar Rural District | 6,028 |
| Kuh Sefid Rural District | 10,603 |
| Poshtkuh Rural District | 13,612 |
| Sangan Rural District | 7,248 |
| Khash (city) | 56,683 |
| Irandegan District | 12,432 |
| Irandegan Rural District | 4,232 |
| Kahnuk Rural District | 8,200 |
| Nukabad District1 | 38,372 |
| Eskelabad Rural District | 6,527 |
| Gowhar Kuh Rural District | 9,100 |
| Nazil Rural District | 10,573 |
| Taftan-e Jonubi Rural District | 9,351 |
| Nukabad (city) | 2,821 |
| Total | 161,918 |
| 1Became a part of Taftan County[3] | |
