Larestan County ( fa, شهرستان لارستان) is located in Fars province,

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. The capital of the county is

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. At the 2006 census, the county's population (including those portions of the county later split off to form Evaz County, Gerash County and

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) was 223,235, in 49,571 households. Retrieved 30 October 2022 The following census in 2011 counted 226,879 people, in 54,686 households. At the 2016 census, the county's population was 213,920, in 60,410 households.

Administrative divisions

The historical region of Larestan and Lamerd consists of several counties in Fars province (Larestan County,

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, Gerash County and Lamerd) and

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in Hormozgan province. Larestani people speak the

Larestani language Achomi ( fa, اچُمی), also known as Larestani and Khodmooni, is a Southwestern Iranian Persian language spoken by people in southern Fars and western Hormozgan and by significant numbers of immigrant groups in Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq, Qatar, ...

. Larestani people are of Persian descent, the majority of Larestani people are

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. Larestani people call themselves "Khodmooni". Under medieval age, Laristan was ruled by the local dynasty of Miladi, until it was removed by a Safavid invasion in 1610. In the thirteenth century, Larestan briefly became a center of trade and commerce in southern Persia. Larestan was nearly always an obscure region, never becoming involved in the politics and conflicts of mainstream Persia.

References

External links

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Gerash.comKhodmooni Forum
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