Sarayan County

Sarayan County
Persian: شهرستان سرایان
County
Landscape in the village of Charmeh
Landscape in the village of Charmeh
Location of Sarayan County in South Khorasan province (top center, green)
Location of Sarayan County in South Khorasan province (top center, green)
Location of South Khorasan province in Iran
Location of South Khorasan province in Iran
Coordinates: 33°28′N 58°19′E / 33.467°N 58.317°E / 33.467; 58.317
Country Iran
ProvinceSouth Khorasan
Established2005
CapitalSarayan
DistrictsAysak, Seh Qaleh
Population
 (2016)
 • Total
33,312
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)
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Sarayan County (Persian: شهرستان سرایان) is in South Khorasan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Sarayan. Sarayan is in the north central part of the province. The county was a part of Ferdows County until May 2004.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the county's population was 34,636 in 9,140 households. The following census in 2011 counted 32,493 people in 9,466 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the county as 33,312 in 10,329 households.

Administrative divisions

Sarayan County's population history and administrative structure over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.

Sarayan County Population
Administrative Divisions200620112016
Aysak District23,30224,03424,881
Aysak RD4,7364,1664,261
Masabi RD2,4451,8651,682
Aysak (city)5,0234,7565,143
Sarayan (city)11,09813,24713,795
Seh Qaleh District11,3348,4598,431
Dokuheh RD2,412843631
Seh Qaleh RD3,8863,3743,364
Seh Qaleh (city)5,0364,2424,436
Total34,63632,49333,312
RD = Rural District

See also

Wikimedia Commons logo Media related to Sarayan County at Wikimedia Commons

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Notes

  1. ↑ Known before 2008 as the Central District of Sarayan County

References

  1. ↑ OpenStreetMap contributors (11 November 2024). "دهستان دوکوهه, بخش سه قلعه [Dokuheh Rural District, Seh Qaleh District], Sarayan County, South Khorasan Province, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  2. 1 2 Aref, Mohammad Reza (25 July 2005) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1384/05/03 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. اصلاحات تقسیماتی در استان های خراسان جنوبی و خراسان رضوی [‌Divisional reforms in South Khorasan and Razavi Khorasan provinces]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board]. شناسه [ID] 023D1F11-278C-4DAF-A732-4DF1474EDD2B. Archived from the original on 28 December 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان خراسان جنوبی [General Population and Housing Census 2016: South Khorasan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  4. ↑ قانون تقسیم استان خراسان به سه استان [‌Law on the division of Khorasan province into three provinces]. مرکز پژوهشهای مجلس شورای اسلامی ایران [Research Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. مجلس شورای اسلامی [Islamic Consultative Assembly]. 29 May 2004 [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1383/03/09 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. روزنامه : 17268 [Newspaper: 17268]. Archived from the original on 24 June 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  5. ↑ "The history of the governorship in the website of the governorate of Ferdows County ‌" (in Persian). Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  6. 1 2 سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان خراسان جنوبی [General Population and Housing Census 2006: South Khorasan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  7. 1 2 سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان خراسان جنوبی [General Population and Housing Census 2011: South Khorasan Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  8. ↑ Davoodi, Parviz (27 December 2008) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1387/10/07 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصویب نامه در خصوص تغییر نام بخش مرکزی شهرستان « سرایان» از توابع استان خراسان جنوبی به بخش « آیسک» [‌Approval regarding changing the name of the Central District of "Sarayan" County from the functions of South Khorasan province to the "Aysak" District]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board]. شناسه [ID] 103364D2-D7C5-4E06-BD2F-C4FB888AD79C. Archived from the original on 28 December 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2026.