Chabahar County

Chabahar County (Persian: شهرستان چابهار‎‎; formerly Chah Bahar County (Persian: شهرستان چاه بهار‎‎) is a county in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. The capital of the county is Chabahar. At the 2006 census, the county's population (including portions subsequently detached from the county to form Qasr-e Qand County) was 214,017, in 41,532 families; excluding those portions, the population in 2006 was 199,766, in 38,468 families. The county is subdivided into three districts: the Central District, Dashtiari District, and Polan District. The county has two cities: Chabahar and Negur.

Population

As of 2008, more than half of the population were living in rural areas; the urban population is 77,128, of which a majority reside in Chabahar city. The aboriginal residents in the city of Chabahar are the Baluchis. In recent years, many people have immigrated to Chabahar from other parts of Iran to find a better life. Immigration changed Chabahar's face dramatically. Today Chabahar has a mix of different ethnicities including Baluchs, Turks, Sistanis (Zabolis), and other peoples of Iran.

Bahar County

Bahar County (Persian: شهرستان بهار‎‎) is a county in Hamadan Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Bahar. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 121,590, in 29,345 families. The county is subdivided into three districts: the Central District, Salehabad District, and Lalejin District. The county has four cities: Lalejin, Mohajeran, Salehabad, and Bahar.

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Chabahar

Chābahār  pronunciation  (Persian: چابهار‎‎, formerly Bandar Beheshtī) is a city in and capital of Chah Bahar County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. Chabahar is a free port (Free Trade Zone) on the coast of the Gulf of Oman. At the 2006 census, its population was 71,070, in 13,837 families. Chabahar is Iran's southernmost city.

Chabahar is situated on the Makran Coast of the Sistan and Baluchestan province of Iran and is officially designated as a Free Trade and Industrial Zone by Iran's government. Due to its free trade zone status, the city has increased in significance in international trade. The overwhelming majority of the city's inhabitants are ethnic Baluch who speak the Baluchi language.

Etymology

The name bases on Persian char that means four and bahar that means Spring. Hence, it means a place that all four seasons of the year are Spring time.

History