Meybod County
{{Short description|County in Yazd province, Iran}}
{{distinguish|Meyami County}}{{for|the city|Meybod}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}
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|native_name = {{langx|fa|شهرستان میبد}}
|settlement_type = County
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|image_caption = A large dovecote in Meybod
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| map_caption1 = Location of Yazd province in Iran
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = Iran
|subdivision_type1 = Province
|subdivision_name1 = Yazd
|seat_type = Capital
|seat = Meybod
|parts_type = Districts
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| p1 = Central
| p2 = Bafruiyeh
| p3 = Nadushan
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|population_total = 99727
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Meybod County ({{langx|fa|شهرستان میبد}}) is in Yazd province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Meybod.{{cite report|title=Details of divisions subject to the law of conversion of Asadabad, Meybod, Mobarakeh to the county, and the division of Aghajari District into Omidiyeh and Aghajari Districts|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/112486|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231219180633/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/112486|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|archive-date=19 December 2023|orig-date=Approved 30 May 1369|date=c. 2023|id=Proposal 9387.1.4.42; Letter 93808-907; Notification 87378/T185K|access-date=19 December 2023}}
History
After the 2006 National Census, the village of Bafruiyeh was elevated to the status of a city.{{cite report|title=Approval regarding the transformation of the village of Bafruiyeh from the functions of Bafruiyeh Rural District, Central District of Meybod County in Yazd province to the city of Bafruiyeh|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/131837|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241113171531/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/131837|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the State Council|last=Davodi|first=Parviz|archive-date=13 November 2024|date=c. 2024|orig-date=Approved 29 July 1386|id=Proposal 93023/42/4/1; Letter 58538/T26118H; Notification 166217/T38077K|access-date=13 November 2024}} After the 2016 census, Nadushan Rural District and the city of Nadushan were separated from Khezrabad District of Ashkezar County to join Meybod County as Nadushan District, including the new Sadrabad Rural District. At the same time, Bafruiyeh Rural District and the city of Bafruiyeh were separated from the Central District in the formation of Bafruiyeh District, including the new Surk Rural District.{{cite news|title=Four new cities were added to the map of national divisions; with some changes in the geography map of two provinces|language=fa|website=dolat.ir|via=Secretariat of the Government Information Council|url=https://dolat.ir/detail/223655|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170531152222/https://dolat.ir/detail/223655|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political and Defense Commission|last=Rahimi|first=Mohammadreza|archive-date=31 May 2017|date=13 January 2013|access-date=9 November 2023}}{{efn|Renamed Dareyn Rural District{{Cite report|title=Amendment of approval letter No. 99601/T43155H dated 5/17/2018|url=https://rrk.ir/Laws/ShowLaw.aspx?Code=17701|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210704221753/https://rrk.ir/Laws/ShowLaw.aspx?Code=17701|archive-date=4 July 2021|website=rrk.ir|date=5 March 2019|orig-date=Approved 11 December 1397|id=Proposal 205877; Notification H43155/T99601|language=fa|last=Jahangiri|first=Ishaq|publisher=Ministry of the Interior|access-date=13 November 2024}}}}
Demographics
=Population=
At the time of the 2006 census, the county's population was 70,728 in 19,076 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Yazd 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/21.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920085705/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/21.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}} The following census in 2011 counted 82,840 people in 23,300 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Yazd 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/Yazd.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230120180437/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Yazd.xls|archive-date=20 January 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}} The 2016 census measured the population of the county as 99,727 in 29,684 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Yazd 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_21.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118150108/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_21.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=18 November 2020}}
=Administrative divisions=
Meybod County's population history and administrative structure over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.
| class="wikitable"
|+ Meybod County Population | |||
| Administrative Divisions | 2006 | 2011 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central District | style="text-align: right;"| 70,728 | style="text-align: right;"| 82,840 | style="text-align: right;"| 85,771 |
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | Bafruiyeh RD | style="text-align: right;"| 8,399 | style="text-align: right;"| 3,866 | style="text-align: right;"| |
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | Shohada RD{{efn|Formerly Shahidiyeh Rural District{{cite report|title=Approval of reforms in Yazd province|language=fa|website=qavanin.ir|via=Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran|url=https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/89773|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709192122/https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/89773|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Board|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|archive-date=9 July 2021|orig-date=Approved 29 April 1376|date=c. 2021|id=Proposal 1/4/42/4032; Resolution 93808/T907|access-date=18 December 2023}}}} | style="text-align: right;"| 4,034 | style="text-align: right;"| 5,581 | style="text-align: right;"| 5,059 |
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | Bafruiyeh (city) | style="text-align: right;"| | style="text-align: right;"| 6,486 | style="text-align: right;"| |
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | Meybod (city) | style="text-align: right;"| 58,295 | style="text-align: right;"| 66,907 | style="text-align: right;"| 80,712 |
| Bafruiyeh District | style="text-align: right;"| | style="text-align: right;"| | style="text-align: right;"| 10,837 |
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | Bafruiyeh RD | style="text-align: right;"| | style="text-align: right;"| | style="text-align: right;"| 3,197 |
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | Dareyn RD{{efn|Formerly Surk Rural District}} | style="text-align: right;"| | style="text-align: right;"| | style="text-align: right;"| 701 |
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | Bafruiyeh (city) | style="text-align: right;"| | style="text-align: right;"| | style="text-align: right;"| 6,939 |
| Nadushan District | style="text-align: right;"| | style="text-align: right;"| | style="text-align: right;"| 3,119 |
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | Nadushan RD{{efn|name=fn1|Transferred from Ashkezar County}} | style="text-align: right;"| | style="text-align: right;"| | style="text-align: right;"| 216 |
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | Sadrabad RD | style="text-align: right;"| | style="text-align: right;"| | style="text-align: right;"| 552 |
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | Nadushan (city){{efn|name=fn1}} | style="text-align: right;"| | style="text-align: right;"| | style="text-align: right;"| 2,351 |
| Total | style="text-align: right;"| 70,728 | style="text-align: right;"| 82,840 | style="text-align: right;"| 99,727 |
| colspan=4 | {{small|RD {{=}} Rural District}} |
See also
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