Dashtestan County () is in

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province,

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. Its capital is the city of

Borazjan Borazjan () is a city in the Central District of Dashtestan County, Bushehr province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. Demographics Population At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was ...

History

The Gur-e Dokhtar is a 6th-century tomb near the border with Fars province. It is probably the resting place of

Cyrus I Cyrus I (Old Persian language, Old Persian: ''Kuruš'') or Cyrus I of Anshan or Cyrus I of Persia, was King of Anshan (Persia), Anshan in Persia from to 580 BC or, according to others, from to 600 BC. Cyrus I of Anshan is the grandfather of C ...

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's grandfather). The people of the area revolted against

Nader Shah Nader Shah Afshar (; 6 August 1698 or 22 October 1688 – 20 June 1747) was the founder of the Afsharid dynasty of Iran and one of the most powerful rulers in Iranian history, ruling as shah of Iran (Persia) from 1736 to 1747, when he was a ...

in September 1746. In June 1747, the rebels captured

. In 2009, Darvahi Rural District and the city of Ab Pakhsh were separated from

Shabankareh District Shabankareh District () is in Dashtestan County, Bushehr province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and ...

in the formation of Ab Pakhsh District, which was divided into two rural districts, including the new Dashti-ye Esmail Khani Rural District. The village of Bushkan was elevated to the status of a city in 2012.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the county's population was 222,226 in 47,773 households. The following census in 2011 counted 229,425 people in 57,562 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the county as 252,047 in 70,943 households.

Administrative divisions

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

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