Ferdows County () is in South Khorasan province,

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. Its capital is the city of Ferdows.

History

Situated in the north of the province, Ferdows County, which was formed in 1944, originally included a large area (more than 78,000 km²), but its subdivisions have gradually become independent and the area now encompasses four counties (Ferdows, Tabas, Sarayan and Boshruyeh counties). After dividing the former

Khorasan province Khorasan ( ; also transcribed as Khurasan, Xorasan and Khorassan), also called Traxiane during Hellenistic and Parthian Empire, Parthian times, was a Provinces of Iran, province in northeastern Iran until September 2004, when it was divided in ...

into three provinces, Ferdows County was initially a part of Razavi Khorasan province, but was incorporated within the borders of South Khorasan province in 2006. After the 2006 National Census, Boshruyeh District was separated from the county in the establishment of Boshruyeh County. In 2020, Baghestan and Borun Rural Districts, and the city of Eslamiyeh, were separated from the Central District in the formation of Eslamiyeh District. The village of Baghestan-e Olya was elevated to the status of the city of Baghestan.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 census, the county's population was 61,346 in 17,539 households. The following census in 2011 counted 41,626 people in 12,440 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the county as 45,523 in 14,302 households.

Administrative divisions

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

Geography

Ferdows County borders Gonabad County and Bajestan County to the north, Gonabad County and Sarayan County to the east, Boshruyeh County to the west and south, and

Tabas County Tabas County () is in South Khorasan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Tabas. History Tabas County became a part of Yazd province in 2001. The county was separated from the province to join South Khorasan province in 2013. In 20 ...

to the south.

Agriculture

Ferdows is famous for its high quality

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and

pomegranate The pomegranate (''Punica granatum'') is a fruit-bearing deciduous shrub in the family Lythraceae, subfamily Punica, Punicoideae, that grows between tall. Rich in symbolic and mythological associations in many cultures, it is thought to have o ...

Visitor attractions

* Ferdows Hot Mineral Spring * Ferdows Hole-in-the-Rock * Polond Desert *

Ferdows Religious School Ferdows Religious School ( – ''Madreseh Elmiyeh Oliya'') is a historic school with octagonal design, located in the southwest of Ferdows city, in the center of the ancient city of ''Toon'', in South Khorasan province, Iran Iran, of ...

(dating to

Safavid dynasty The Safavid dynasty (; , ) was one of Iran's most significant ruling dynasties reigning from Safavid Iran, 1501 to 1736. Their rule is often considered the beginning of History of Iran, modern Iranian history, as well as one of the gunpowder em ...

) * Ferdows Congregation Mosque (Jame' Mosque of Ferdows) (dating to

Seljuk dynasty The Seljuk dynasty, or Seljukids ( ; , ''Saljuqian'',) alternatively spelled as Saljuqids or Seljuk Turks, was an Oghuz Turkic, Sunni Muslim dynasty that gradually became Persianate and contributed to Turco-Persian culture. The founder of t ...

)

Notes

References

{{Ferdows County, state=collapsed Ferdows County Counties of South Khorasan province