Qasr-e Qand County
{{Short description|County in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran}}
{{distinguish|Qasr-e Shirin County}}{{for|the city|Qasr-e Qand}}
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{{Infobox settlement
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|native_name = {{langx|fa|شهرستان قصرقند}}
|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 = Qasr-e Qand
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| p2 = Sarbuk
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Qasr-e Qand County ({{langx|fa|شهرستان قصرقند}}) is in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Qasr-e Qand.{{cite report|title=Carrying out reforms of national divisions in Sistan and Baluchestan province|language=fa|website=qavanin.ir|via=Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran|url=https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/191030|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322152749/https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/191030|last=Rahimi|first=Mohammad Reza|archive-date=22 March 2023|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|date=c. 2023|orig-date=Approved 29 September 1391|id=Proposal 5603/42/1/1|access-date=31 December 2023}}
History
After the 2011 National Census, Qasr-e Qand District was separated from Nik Shahr County, and Talang Rural District from Chabahar County, in the establishment of Qasr-e Qand County, which was divided into three districts of two rural districts each, with Qasr-e Qand as its capital and only city at the time. After the 2016 census, the village of Sarbuk was elevated to the status of a city.{{cite news|title=Sarbuk village of Qasr-e Qand County became a city|language=fa|website=tasnimnews.com|via=Tasnim News Agency|url=https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1396/10/06/1612964/روستای-ساربوک-شهرستان-قصرقند-به-شهر-تبدیل-شد|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417103905/https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1396/10/06/1612964/روستای-ساربوک-شهرستان-قصرقند-به-شهر-تبدیل-شد|archive-date=17 April 2023|last=Mohebi|first=Daniyal|publisher=Ministry of the Interior|date=6 January 2016|access-date=17 April 2023}}
Demographics
=Population=
At the time of the 2016 census, the county's population was 61,076 in 15,524 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=
Qasr-e Qand County's population and administrative structure are shown in the following table.
| class="wikitable"
|+ Qasr-e Qand County Population | |
| Administrative Divisions | 2016 |
|---|---|
| Central District | style="text-align: right;"| 25,690 |
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | Hit RD | style="text-align: right;"| 6,794 |
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | Holunchekan RD | style="text-align: right;"| 7,291 |
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | Qasr-e Qand (city) | style="text-align: right;"| 11,605 |
| Sarbuk District | style="text-align: right;"| 17,018 |
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | Hamiri RD | style="text-align: right;"| 8,771 |
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | Sarbuk RD | style="text-align: right;"| 8,247 |
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | Sarbuk (city){{efn|Became a city after the 2016 census}} | style="text-align: right;"| |
| Talang District | style="text-align: right;"| 18,368 |
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | Sharak RD | style="text-align: right;"| 4,577 |
| style="padding-left: 1em;" | Talang RD | style="text-align: right;"| 13,791 |
| Total | style="text-align: right;"| 61,076 |
| colspan=2 | {{small|RD {{=}} Rural District}} |
See also
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{{Sistan and Baluchestan Province|state=collapsed}}
{{Qasr-e Qand County|state=collapsed}}