Central District (Bam and Safiabad County)
{{Short description|District in North Khorasan province, Iran}}
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The Central District of Bam and Safiabad County ({{langx|fa|بخش مرکزی شهرستان بام و صفیآباد}}){{efn|Formerly Bam and Safiabad District (بخش بام و صفیآباد) of Esfarayen County}} is in North Khorasan province, Iran.{{cite report|title=Approval regarding the national divisions of North Khorasan province|language=fa|website=sdil.ac.ir|via=Shahr Danesh Law Research Institute|url=https://sdil.ac.ir/مصوبات-هیأت-دولت-دهه-سوم-اسفند-1400/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601164511/https://sdil.ac.ir/مصوبات-هیأت-دولت-دهه-سوم-اسفند-1400/|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Cabinet of Ministers|last=Mokhbar|first=Mohammad|date=14 May 2022|orig-date=Approved 19 November 1401|id=Proposal 66803; Notification 214678/T59030AH|archive-date=1 June 2023|access-date=31 December 2024}} Its capital is the city of Safiabad.{{cite report|title=Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the divisions of Khorasan province, centered in Mashhad|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Islamic Parliament Research Center|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/113047|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117024415/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/113047|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Council|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|archive-date=17 November 2015|date=c. 2015|orig-date=Approved 21 June 1369|id=Proposal 3223.1.5.53; Approval Letter 3808-907; Notification 84902/T125K|access-date=6 January 2024}}
History
In 2023, Bam and Safiabad District{{efn|Renamed the Central District of Bam and Safiabad County}} was separated from Esfarayen County in the establishment of Bam and Safiabad County and renamed the Central District. The new county was divided into two districts of two rural districts each, with Safiabad as its capital and only city at the time.
Demographics
=Population=
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the district's population (as Bam and Safiabad District of Esfarayen County) was 19,771 in 5,362 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): North Khorasan Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/28.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920084106/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/28.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}} The following census in 2011 counted 19,133 people in 5,645 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): North Khorasan Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=irandataportal.syr.edu|via=Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University|url=https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/North-Khorasan.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230119210728/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/North-Khorasan.xls|archive-date=19 January 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}} The 2016 census measured the population of the district as 16,887 inhabitants in 5,642 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): North Khorasan Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_28.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027174651/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_28.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=27 October 2020}}
=Administrative divisions=
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|+ Central District (Bam and Safiabad County){{efn|As Bam and Safiabad District of Esfarayen County at the 2006, 2011, and 2016 censuses}} | |||
| Administrative Divisions | 2006 | 2011 | 2016 |
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| Bam RD{{efn|Transferred to Bam District after the 2016 census}} | style="text-align: right;"| 9,041 | style="text-align: right;"| 7,888 | style="text-align: right;"| 6,902 |
| Dahaneh-ye Shirin RD{{efn|Established after the 2016 census}} | style="text-align: right;"| | style="text-align: right;"| | style="text-align: right;"| |
| Safiabad RD | style="text-align: right;"| 7,683 | style="text-align: right;"| 7,718 | style="text-align: right;"| 6,558 |
| Safiabad (city) | style="text-align: right;"| 3,047 | style="text-align: right;"| 3,527 | style="text-align: right;"| 3,427 |
| Total | style="text-align: right;"| 19,771 | style="text-align: right;"| 19,133 | style="text-align: right;"| 16,887 |
| colspan=4 | {{small|RD {{=}} Rural District}} |
See also
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Category:Districts of North Khorasan province
Category:Populated places in Bam and Safiabad County
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