Rafsanjan County

Rafsanjan County is in Kerman province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Rafsanjan.

History

After the 2006 National Census, Anar District was separated from the county in the establishment of Anar County. The village of Ferdowsiyeh was elevated to city status as Safayyeh. After the 2016 census, the village of Javadiyeh ol Hiyeh was elevated to the status of a city.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 census, the county's population was 291,417, in 71,830 households. The following census in 2011 counted 287,921 people in 76,797 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the county as 311,214 in 91,511 households.

Administrative divisions

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

Notable people

Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was born in the city of Bahreman.