Esfarayen County
{{Short description|County in North Khorasan province, Iran}}
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|seat_type = Capital
|seat = Esfarayen
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Esfarayen County ({{langx|fa|شهرستان اسفراین}}) is in North Khorasan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Esfarayen.{{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 the county in the establishment of Bam and Safiabad County and renamed the Central District. At the same time, Daman Kuh and Zorqabad Rural Districts were separated from the Central District of Esfarayen County in the formation of Zorqabad District.{{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}}
Demographics
=Language and ethnicity=
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The surrounding mountains and deserts have become totally Kurdish and Turkmen in their ethnicity and language. It was only Esfarayen that resisted the flood of violence that swept away the ancient and sedentary Persian-speaking farmers and townsfolk of northern Khorasan, starting with the Mongol invasion, the coming of destructive tribes, and finally the massive murder and depopulation of northern Khorasan in the 18th and 19th centuries by the hands of Turkmen raiders and slave catchers.
Khorasani Persians were found in great numbers at the slave markets of Khiva and Kashgar in China in the late 19th century, being sold by the Turkmens. Esfarayen preserves what the entire northwestern Khorasan (including the whole southern half of Turkmenistan) must have looked like before the avalanche of the Turkic nomadic invasion began in the 11th century.
=Population=
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the county's population was 119,152 in 30,307 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 127,012 people in 35,903 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 county as 120,513 in 36,519 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=
Esfarayen County's population history and administrative structure over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.
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|+ Esfarayen County Population | |||
| Administrative Divisions | 2006 | 2011 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central District | style="text-align: right;"| 99,381 | style="text-align: right;"| 107,743 | style="text-align: right;"| 103,603 |
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | Azari RD | style="text-align: right;"| 13,596 | style="text-align: right;"| 14,762 | style="text-align: right;"| 14,203 |
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | Daman Kuh RD | style="text-align: right;"| 7,887 | style="text-align: right;"| 7,641 | style="text-align: right;"| 7,252 |
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | Milanlu RD | style="text-align: right;"| 3,936 | style="text-align: right;"| 3,293 | style="text-align: right;"| 3,904 |
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | Ruin RD | style="text-align: right;"| 15,810 | style="text-align: right;"| 15,266 | style="text-align: right;"| 14,135 |
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | Zorqabad RD | style="text-align: right;"| 6,831 | style="text-align: right;"| 6,409 | style="text-align: right;"| 4,619 |
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | Esfarayen (city) | style="text-align: right;"| 51,321 | style="text-align: right;"| 60,372 | style="text-align: right;"| 59,490 |
| Bam and Safiabad District{{efn|Transferred to Bam and Safiabad County after the 2016 census and renamed the Central District of Bam and Safiabad County}} | style="text-align: right;"| 19,771 | style="text-align: right;"| 19,133 | style="text-align: right;"| 16,887 |
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | Bam RD | style="text-align: right;"| 9,041 | style="text-align: right;"| 7,888 | style="text-align: right;"| 6,902 |
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | Safiabad RD | style="text-align: right;"| 7,683 | style="text-align: right;"| 7,718 | style="text-align: right;"| 6,558 |
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | Safiabad (city) | style="text-align: right;"| 3,047 | style="text-align: right;"| 3,527 | style="text-align: right;"| 3,427 |
| Zorqabad District{{efn|Established after the 2016 census}} | style="text-align: right;"| | style="text-align: right;"| | style="text-align: right;"| |
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | Daman Kuh RD | style="text-align: right;"| | style="text-align: right;"| | style="text-align: right;"| |
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | Zorqabad RD | style="text-align: right;"| | style="text-align: right;"| | style="text-align: right;"| |
| Total | style="text-align: right;"| 119,152 | style="text-align: right;"| 127,012 | style="text-align: right;"| 120,513 |
| colspan=4 | {{small|RD {{=}} Rural District}} |
See also
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