Evaz County

Not to be confused with Ahvaz County, Avaj County, or Eyvan County.

For the city, see Evaz. For the administrative division of this county, see Evaz Rural District.

Evaz County (Persian: شهرستان اوز) is in Fars province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Evaz,^[2] whose population at the time of the 2016 National Census was 19,987 in 5,273 households.^[3]

Evaz County Persian: شهرستان اوز
County
Location of Evaz County in Fars province (bottom, yellow)
Location of Fars province in Iran
Coordinates: 27°55′N 53°50′E[1]
Country	Iran
Province	Fars
Capital	Evaz
Districts	Central, Bid Shahr
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

History

In 2018, Evaz District was separated from Larestan County^[a] in the establishment of Evaz County, which was divided into two districts of two rural districts each, with Evaz as its capital.^[2] The villages of Bid Shahr^[5] and Kureh^[6] were elevated to city status.

Demographics

Language

The language spoken in Evaz originates from the ancient Persian dialect called Achomi ^[7] (Avazi). The majority of the people in Evaz follow the religion Islam Sunni despite being the minority in Iran who follow this belief.^[8]

Administrative divisions

Evaz County's administrative structure is shown in the following table.

Evaz County Population

Administrative Divisions
Central District
Evaz RD
Fishvar RD
Evaz (city)
Bid Shahr District
Bid Shahr RD
Qalat RD
Bid Shahr (city)
Kureh (city)
RD = Rural District

See also

Media related to Evaz County at Wikimedia Commons

Notes

1. Formerly Lar County^[4]