Bid Shahr
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Bid Shahr
Persian: بيدشهر | |
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City | |
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  Bid Shahr | |
| Coordinates: 27°58′54″N 53°44′28″E / 27.98167°N 53.74111°E[1] | |
| Country | Iran |
| Province | Fars |
| County | Evaz |
| District | Bid Shahr |
| Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 4,447 |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
| Area code | 0715253 |
Bid Shahr (Persian: بيدشهر)[a] is a city in Bid Shahr District of Evaz County, Fars province, Iran.
Language and ethnicity
The residents refer to themselves as Khodmooni and their language is Achomi.[citation needed]
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, Bid Shahr's population was 3,872 in 709 households, when it was a village in Bid Shahr Rural District of the former Evaz District of Larestan County.[4][b] The following census in 2011 counted 4,372 people in 1,040 households.[6] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 4,447 people in 1,271 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.[2]
In 2018, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Evaz County, and the rural district was transferred to the new Bid Shahr District.[7] Bid Shahr was elevated to the status of a city.[8]
