Counties of Iran

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The provinces of Iran are divided into counties called shahrestan (Persian: شهرستان shahrestān). They usually contain a city center, and a bunch of villages around them. Counties are divided into districts. They are also usually some cities in each county. As of the year 2005, Iran had 324 counties. In 2021 there were 471.

County list

The following is a list of counties by province:

Tehran Province

Qom Province

Markazi Province

Qazvin Province

Gilan Province

Ardabil Province

Zanjan Province

East Azarbaijan Province

West Azarbaijan Province

Kordestan Province

Hamadan Province

Kermanshah Province

Ilam Province

Lorestan Province

Khuzestan Province

Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province

Kohgeluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province

Bushehr Province

Fars Province

Hormozgan Province

Sistan and Baluchestan Province

Kerman Province

Yazd Province

Esfahan Province

Semnan Province

Mazandaran Province

Golestan Province

North Khorasan Province

Razavi Khorasan Province

South Khorasan Province


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