Central District (Tabriz County)
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The Central District of Tabriz County is a district (bakhsh
) in Tabriz County
, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran
. At the 2006 census, its population was 1,521,239, in 414,499 families. The District has four cities: Tabriz
, Sardrud
, Malek Kian
, and Basmenj
.
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 Tabriz County
Tabriz County
Tabriz County is a county in East Azerbaijan Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Tabriz. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 1,557,241, in 423,775 families. The county is subdivided into two districts: the Central District and Khosrowshahr District...
, East Azerbaijan Province, 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 1,521,239, in 414,499 families. The District has four cities: Tabriz
Tabriz
Tabriz is the fourth largest city and one of the historical capitals of Iran and the capital of East Azerbaijan Province. Situated at an altitude of 1,350 meters at the junction of the Quri River and Aji River, it was the second largest city in Iran until the late 1960s, one of its former...
, Sardrud
Sardrud
Sardrud is a city in the Central District of Tabriz County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 24,858, in 6,903 families....
, Malek Kian
Malek Kian
Malek Kian is a city in the Central District of Tabriz County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 1,066, in 269 families....
, and Basmenj
Basmenj
Basmenj is a city in the Central District of Tabriz County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 10,736, in 2,873 families....
.