Shahinshahr County () is in Isfahan 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 Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

. Its capital is the city of Shahinshahr.

History

After the 2006 National Census, the villages of Gorgab and Laybid were elevated to city status, and

Borkhar District Borkhar District () is a former administrative division of Borkhar and Meymeh County, Isfahan province, Iran. Its capital was the city of Dowlatabad. History After the 2006 National Census, the district was separated from the county in th ...

was separated from the county in the establishment of

Borkhar County Borkhar County () is in Isfahan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Dowlatabad. History After the National Census of 2006, Borkhar District was separated from Borkhar and Meymeh County in the establishment of Borkhar County, which ...

. In 2024, Meymeh District was separated from the county in the establishment of Meymeh County and renamed the Central District.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 census, the county's population was 277,783 in 74,103 households. The following census in 2011 counted 196,584 people in 58,162 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the county as 234,667 in 73,981 households.

Administrative divisions

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

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