Buin Zahra County () is in Qazvin province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Buin Zahra.

History In 2012, Abgarm and Avaj Districts were separated from the county in the establishment of Avaj County. The village of Esmatabad was converted to a city in 2020.

Demographics Language The majority of the population of this county is Azerbaijani Turks,Bultannews ایران شناسی:بوئین‌زهراMunicipalityگشتولوزارت میراث فرهنگی but a minority of Tat people with a population of about 30,000 also live in the cities of Shal, Danesfahan and Sagezabad.Roshdamag

Population At the time of the 2006 National Census, the county's population was 153,873 in 38,377 households. The following census in 2011 counted 164,723 people in 47,029 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the county as 122,994 in 36,814 households.

Administrative divisions

Buin Zahra County's population history and administrative structure over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.

+ Buin Zahra County Population Administrative Divisions 2006 2011 2016 Central District 49,649 53,887 55,500 Sagezabad RD 5,672 5,482 5,635 Zahray-ye Bala RD 14,228 15,225 14,023 Zahray-ye Pain RD 8,948 9,530 9,527 Buin Zahra (city) 15,848 18,210 20,823 Esmatabad (city) Sagezabad (city) 4,953 5,440 5,492 Abgarm District 15,823 16,936 Abgarm RD 5,154 4,873 Kharaqan-e Sharqi RD 5,478 6,065 Abgarm (city) 5,191 5,998 Avaj District 22,273 26,611 Hesar-e Valiyeasr RD 9,050 10,212 Kharaqan-e Gharbi RD 2,081 3,076 Shahidabad RD 7,447 7,714 Avaj (city) 3,695 5,609 Dashtabi District 24,139 25,170 25,169 Dashtabi-ye Gharbi RD 9,753 10,447 9,916 Dashtabi-ye Sharqi RD 9,554 9,600 10,210 Ardaq (city) 4,832 5,123 5,043 Ramand District 18,054 18,547 19,087 Ebrahimabad RD 4,028 4,209 4,473 Ramand-e Jonubi RD 5,339 4,793 5,180 Danesfahan (city) 8,687 9,545 9,434 Shal District 23,935 23,572 23,238 Qaleh Hashem RD 4,873 4,218 3,765 Zeynabad RD 3,958 4,358 4,183 Shal (city) 15,104 14,996 15,290 Total 153,873 164,723 122,994

Overview

Buin Zahra is famous for pistachios and boasts many pistachio gardens. The main thoroughfare in the capital, Buin Zahra, is Vali-ye Asr Street.

Azad University of Buin Zahra is also located in this city, about ten minutes from the city center.

One of the tourist attraction of the area is "Mehregan Town," north of Buin Zahra, 14 minutes from Buin Zahra Square.

Earthquakes The area was devastated by the 1962 Bou'in-Zahra earthquake and again by the 2002 Bou'in-Zahra earthquake.

In popular culture Jalal Al-e-Ahmad's monograph: "Tat people of Block-e-Zahra" provides detailed description of the region.

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