Esfarayen County
county in North Khorasan Province, Iran
Esfarayen County (Persian: شهرستان اسفراین) is in North Khorasan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Esfarayen.
History
In 2023, Daman Kuh and Zorqabad Rural Districts were separated from the Central District in the formation of Zorqabad District. Bam and Safiabad District was separated from the county in the establishment of Bam and Safiabad County and renamed the Central District.
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the county's population was 119,152 in 30,307 households. The following census in 2011 counted 127,012 people in 35,903 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the county as 120,513 in 36,519 households.
Administrative divisions
Esfarayen County's population history and administrative structure over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Esfarayen County” as county in North Khorasan Province, Iran. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as county in North Khorasan Province, Iran. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 20, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1286451. Authority coordinates are 37.000, 57.550. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2023, 2006, 2011 and 2016.
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This entry incorporates text from “Esfarayen County” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.