Central District (Kangan County)
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The Central District of Kangan County is a district (bakhsh
) in Kangan County
, Bushehr Province
, Iran
. At the 2006 census, its population was 40,793, in 8,663 families. The District has three cities: Bandar Kangan
, Bank
, and Siraf
(Taheri).
Bakhsh
A bakhsh is a type of administrative division of Iran. While sometimes translated as county, it is more accurately translated as district, as they are similar to a township in the United States or a district of England....
) in Kangan County
Kangan County
Kangan County is a county in Bushehr Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Bandar Kangan. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 95,113, in 15,220 families. The county is subdivided into two districts: the Central District and Asaluyeh District...
, Bushehr Province
Bushehr Province
Bushehr Province is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is in the south of the country, with a long coastline onto the Persian Gulf. Its center is Bandar-e-Bushehr, the provincial capital. The province has nine counties: Bushehr, Dashtestan, Dashti, Dayyer, Deylam, Jam, Kangan, Ganaveh and Tangestan...
, Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
. At the 2006 census, its population was 40,793, in 8,663 families. The District has three cities: Bandar Kangan
Bandar Kangan
Bandar Kangan is a city in and capital of Kangan County, Bushehr Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 23,921, in 5,200 families....
, Bank
Bank, Iran
Bank is a city in the Central District of Kangan County, Bushehr Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 8,753, in 1,751 families....
, and Siraf
Siraf
Siraf is a city in the Central District of Kangan County, Bushehr Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 3,500, in 722 families....
(Taheri).