Jarqavieh County
Jarqavieh County is in Isfahan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Nikabad, whose population at the time of the 2016 National Census was 4,364 people in 1,442 households.
History
In 2021, Jarqavieh Olya and Jarqavieh Sofla Districts were separated from Isfahan County in the establishment of Jarqavieh County, which was divided into two districts of two rural districts each, with Nikabad as its capital.The Shast-Sheshi festival is held annually in the region. Beginning on the sixty-sixth day after Nowruz, the festival corresponds in date and function to the pre-Islamic Zoroastrian feast of Khordadgan, dedicated to the divinity Khordad, the female guardian of water.