Mashhad County
County in Razavi Khorasan province, Iran / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mashhad County (Persian: شهرستان مشهد) is in Razavi Khorasan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Mashhad, which is also the capital of the province.[3]
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Mashhad County
Persian: شهرستان مشهد | |
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County | |
Coordinates: 36°21′31″N 59°49′38″E[1] | |
Country | Iran |
Province | Razavi Khorasan |
Capital | Mashhad |
Districts | Central, Ahmadabad, Razaviyeh |
Area | |
• Total | 9,169 km2 (3,540 sq mi) |
Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 3,372,660 |
• Density | 370/km2 (950/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
Mashhad County at GEOnet Names Server |
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At the 2006 census, the county's population was 2,848,637, in 746,652 households.[4] The following census in 2011 counted 3,069,941 people in 889,034 households,[5] by which time Torqabeh District had been separated from the county in the establishment of Binalud County (now Torqabeh and Shandiz County).[6] At the 2016 census, Mashhad County's population was 3,372,660, in 1,021,068 households.[2] It is the most populous county in the province and the second most populous in the country, behind Tehran County.