Ashar District
District in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran
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Ashar District (Persian: بخش آشار) is in Mehrestan County,[a] Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran.[4] Its capital is the city of Ashar.[5]
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the district's population (as a part of Sarbaz County) was 12,090 in 2,355 households.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 17,784 people in 4,049 households,[7] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Zaboli County.[4][b] The 2016 census measured the population of the district as 15,949 inhabitants in 3,929 households.[2]
After the census, the village of Ashar was elevated to the status of a city.[8]
Administrative divisions
See also
Notes
- Formerly Zaboli County[3]
- Renamed Mehrestan County[3]
- As a part of Sarbaz County at the 2006 census
