Mirjaveh County
{{Short description|County in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran}}
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{{Infobox settlement
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|native_name = {{langx|fa|شهرستان میرجاوه}}
|settlement_type = County
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = Iran
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|subdivision_name1 = Sistan and Baluchestan
|seat_type = Capital
|seat = Mirjaveh
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| p2 = Ladiz
| p3 = Rig-e Malek
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Mirjaveh County ({{langx|fa|شهرستان میرجاوه}}) is in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Mirjaveh.{{cite report|title=Resolution on the national divisions in Sistan and Baluchestan province|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Research Center of the Law System of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of the Farabi Library of Mobile Users|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/826692|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130110180806/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/826692|archive-date=10 January 2013|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|last=Rahimi|first=Mohammad Reza|date=21 October 2012|orig-date=Approved 29 September 1391|id=Proposal 5676/42/4/1; Notification 200666/T46606H|access-date=8 January 2025}} The county is bordered by both Pakistan and Afghanistan.
History
After the 2011 National Census, Mirjaveh District was separated from Zahedan County in the establishment of Mirjaveh County, which was divided into three districts and seven rural districts, with Mirjaveh as its capital and only city at the time. After the 2016 census, the village of Rig-e Malek was elevated to the status of a city.{{cite news|title=Notification of the resolution of the Ministry of the Interior regarding the conversion of Rig-e Malek village, the center of Rig-e Malek District, Mirjaveh County, into a city|language=fa|website=dotic.ir|via=Laws and Regulations Portal of Iran|url=https://dotic.ir/news/1680|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204172256/https://dotic.ir/news/1680|archive-date=4 December 2021|last=Fazli|first=Abdolreza Rahmani|publisher=Ministry of the Interior|date=13 December 2021|access-date=14 April 2023|id=Letter 3667/59806}}
Demographics
=Population=
At the time of the 2016 census, the county's population was 45,357 in 11,853 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Sistan and Baluchestan 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_11.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211223104011/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_11.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=23 December 2021}}
=Administrative divisions=
Mirjaveh County's population and administrative structure are shown in the following table.
| class="wikitable"
|+ Mirjaveh County Population | |
| Administrative Divisions | 2016 |
|---|---|
| Central District | style="text-align: right;"| 13,195 |
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | Andeh RD | style="text-align: right;"| 3,265 |
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | Howmeh RD | style="text-align: right;"| 571 |
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | Mirjaveh (city) | style="text-align: right;"| 9,359 |
| Ladiz District | style="text-align: right;"| 22,960 |
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | Junabad RD | style="text-align: right;"| 6,455 |
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | Ladiz RD | style="text-align: right;"| 7,981 |
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | Tamin RD | style="text-align: right;"| 8,524 |
| Rig-e Malek District | style="text-align: right;"| 9,202 |
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | Rig-e Malek RD | style="text-align: right;"| 7,184 |
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | Tahlab RD | style="text-align: right;"| 2,018 |
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | Rig-e Malek (city){{efn|Became a city after the 2016 census}} | style="text-align: right;"| |
| Total | style="text-align: right;"| 45,357 |
| colspan=2 | {{small|RD {{=}} Rural District}} |
See also
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