Central District (Shahrud County)
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The Central District of Shahrud County is a district (bakhsh
) in Shahrud County
, Semnan Province
, Iran
. At the 2006 census, its population was 142,663, in 39,805 families. The District has one city: Shahrud
.
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 Shahrud County
Shahrud County
Shahrud County is a county in Semnan Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Shahrud. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 225,007, in 62,196 families. The county is subdivided into four districts: the Central District, Bastam District, Beyarjomand District, and Meyami District...
, Semnan Province
Semnan Province
Semnan Province is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is in the north of the country, and its center is Semnan. The province of Semnan covers an area of 96,816 square kilometers and stretches along the Alborz mountain range and borders to Dasht-e Kavir desert in its southern parts.Counties of...
, 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 142,663, in 39,805 families. The District has one city: Shahrud
Shahrud
Shahrud is classified as a "short-necked lute." The word sehrud is of Persian origin, derived from the words sah-i rûd meaning "king of lutes/large lute." Though Al-Farabi included an illustration of the sehrud in his Kitâbü'l Musiki, it is very difficult to determine particulars from this drawing...
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