Dargaz County
Dargaz County (Persian: شهرستان درگز) is in Razavi Khorasan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Dargaz.
Dargaz County
Persian: شهرستان درگز | |
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County | |
Location of Dargaz County in Razavi Khorasan province (top, pink) | |
Location of Razavi Khorasan province in Iran | |
| Coordinates: 37°20′25″N 58°58′11″E | |
| Country | Iran |
| Province | Razavi Khorasan |
| Capital | Dargaz |
| Districts | Central, Chapeshlu, Lotfabad, Now Khandan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,777 km2 (1,458 sq mi) |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Total | 72,355 |
| • Density | 19/km2 (50/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
| Dargaz County at GEOnet Names Server | |
At the 2006 census, the county's population was 73,439 in 19,435 households. The following census in 2011 counted 74,326 people in 21,654 households. At the 2016 census, the county's population was 72,355 in 22,778 households.
Its prestigious ancient name of Abivard (the Apavartene in the works of the ancient geographers, Ptolemy and Strabo) was changed just a few years ago, believing wrongly that it is a later Arabic name. Apavarta simply meant "rosewater" in Parthian and Old Persian.
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