Shonbeh and Tasuj District ( fa, بخش شنبه و طسوج) is a district (
bakhsh
A ( fa, بخش, also romanized as ) is a third-level administrative division
Administrative division, administrative unit,Article 3(1). country subdivision, administrative region, subnational entity, constituent state, as well as ma ...
) in
Dashti County,
Bushehr Province,
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkm ...
. At the 2006 census, its population was 7,308, in 1,546 families. The District has one city:
Shonbeh. The District has two
rural districts (''dehestan''):
Shonbeh Rural District and
Tasuj Rural District.
A strong earthquake measuring 6.1 struck the town of Shonbeh and villages of Shonbeh and Tasuj District on 9 April 2013, killing at least thirty-seven people.
Iran quake kills 37, injures more than 850
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See also
*2013 Bushehr earthquake
The 2013 Bushehr earthquake occurred with a moment magnitude of 6.3 on April 9 in Iran. The shock's epicenter was in the province of Bushehr, near the city of Khvormuj and the towns of Kaki and Shonbeh. At least 37 people were killed, mostly ...
References
Districts of Bushehr Province
Dashti County
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