Bam County

Bam County

شهرستان بم
Bam County شهرستان بم
County
	Location of Bam County in Kerman province
	Location of Kerman province in Iran
	Coordinates: 29°05′N 58°13′E
Country	Iran
Province	Kerman
Capital	Bam
Districts	Central, Baravat
Population (2016)
• Total	228,241
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+4:30 (IRDT)

Bam County (Persian: شهرستان بم) is in Kerman province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Bam. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 277,835 in 67,639 households.[1] The following census in 2011 counted 195,603 people in 57,380 households, by which time Fahraj District and Chadegal Rural District had been separated from the county to form Fahraj County; Narmashir and Rud Ab Districts to become Narmashir County; and most of Rigan District to form Rigan County.[2] At the 2016 census, the county's population was 228,241 in 71,338 households.[3]

Arg e Bam (Bam Citadel) and its cultural landscape are located in Bam County.

Administrative divisions

The population history and structural changes of Bam County's administrative divisions over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table. The latest census shows two districts, four rural districts, and two cities.[3]

Bam County Population
Administrative Divisions	2006[1]	2011[2]	2016[3]
Central District	118,037	159,129	167,810
Deh Bakri Rural District	6,314	10,503	12,914
Howmeh Rural District	13,296	22,862	27,500
Kork and Nartich Rural District	9,216
Bam (city)	73,823	107,131	127,396
Baravat (city)	15,388	18,633
Baravat District		35,673	59,612
Kork and Nartich Rural District		13,756	12,868
Rud Ab-e Gharbi Rural District		21,917	23,983
Baravat (city)			22,761
Fahraj District¹	23,442
Borj-e Akram Rural District	9,465
Fahraj Rural District	7,872
Fahraj (city)	6,105
Narmashir District²	37,078
Azizabad Rural District	18,061
Posht Rud Rural District	15,051
Narmashir (city)	3,966
Rigan District³	70,908
Chahdegal Rural District¹	17,849
Gavkan Rural District³	9,246
Gonbaki Rural District³	11,926
Rigan Rural District³	26,114
Mohammadabad (city)³	5,773
Rud Ab District²	28,370
Rud Ab-e Gharbi Rural District	14,554
Rud Ab-e Sharqi Rural District²	12,059
Nezamshahr (city)²	1,757
Total	277,835	195,603	228,241
¹Became a part of Fahraj County ²Became a part of Narmashir County ³Became a part of Rigan County

References

"Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 08. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
"Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)" (Excel). Iran Data Portal (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 08. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
"Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 08. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.

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[2006_census-1] "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 08. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.

[2011_census-2] "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)" (Excel). Iran Data Portal (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 08. Retrieved 19 December 2022.

[2016_census-3] "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 08. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.