Rudbar County
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Rudbar County is a county
Counties of Iran
The provinces of Iran further subdivided into counties called shahrestan , an area inside an ostan, and consists of a city centre, few bakhsh and many villages around them. There are usually a few cities and rural agglomerations in each county. Rural agglomerations are a collection of a number...

 in Gilan Province
Gilan Province
Gilan Province is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It lies along the Caspian Sea, just west of the province of Mazandaran, east of the province of Ardabil, north of the provinces of Zanjan and Qazvin....

 in 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...

. The capital of the county is Rudbar
Rudbar
Rudbar is a city in and the capital of Rudbar County, Gilan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 11,454, in 3,303 families....

. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 101,884, in 27,902 families. The county is subdivided into four districts: the Central District
Central District (Rudbar County)
The Central District of Rudbar County is a district in Rudbar County, Gilan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 65,797, in 17,800 families. The District has four cities: Rudbar, Rostamabad, Lowshan, and Manjil....

, Rahmatabad and Blukat District
Rahmatabad and Blukat District
Rahmatabad and Blukat District is a district in Rudbar County, Gilan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 17,652, in 4,759 families. The District has one city: Tutkabon....

, Amarlu District, and Khorgam District
Khorgam District
Khorgam District is a district in Rudbar County, Gilan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 10,465, in 2,993 families. The District has one city: Bareh Sar....

. The county has seven cities: Rudbar
Rudbar
Rudbar is a city in and the capital of Rudbar County, Gilan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 11,454, in 3,303 families....

, Bareh Sar, Jirandeh, Lowshan, Manjil
Manjil
Manjil is a city in the Central District of Rudbar County, Gilan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 16,028, in 4,447 families.-History and Geography:Manjil is located between N36º45´18˝-N36º41´42˝ and E49º23´6˝ and E49º31´ 48˝...

, Rostamabad, and Tutkabon.

Shahrestan Rudbar

Shahrestan
Shahrestan
Shahrestan or Shahristan may refer to:*Counties of Iran*Shahristan District*Shahrestan, Afghanistan...

 Rudbar or Rubar County was formed after a meeting between some Rudbari merchants and politicians such as Ziaeddin Tavakkoli
Ziaeddin Tavakkoli
Ziaeddin Tavakkoli Bivarzeni , was a Northern Iranian Politician and Merchant. He was one of the guys that tried to encourage Reza Shah the Iranian king to approve Rudbar as a Shahrestan....

 and Reza Shah
Reza Shah
Rezā Shāh, also known as Rezā Shāh Pahlavi and Rezā Shāh Kabir , , was the Shah of the Imperial State of Iran from December 15, 1925, until he was forced to abdicate by the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran on September 16, 1941.In 1925, Reza Shah overthrew Ahmad Shah Qajar, the last Shah of the Qajar...

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