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Pardis County

county in Tehran Province, Iran

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionNov 14, 2025
Entity authorityQ5711257
Source-derived summary

Pardis County (Persian: شهرستان پردیس) is in Tehran province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Pardis.

History

In 2012, the cities of Bumahen and Pardis, and most of Siyahrud Rural District, were separated from Tehran County in the establishment of Pardis County, which was divided into two districts of two rural districts each, with Pardis as its capital.

In 2020, Taherabad Rural District was created in Bumahen District, and Karasht Rural District and Pardis were separated from it in forming the Central District, which was divided into two rural districts, including the new Bagh-e Komesh Rural District. The villages of Khosrowabad and Saidabad-e Jajrud were converted to cities in 2020 and 2021, respectively.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2016 National Census, the county's population was 169,060 in 53,367 households.

Administrative divisions

Pardis County's population and administrative structure are shown in the following table.

Climate

According to the information of the State Meteorological Organization of Tehran province, the long-term average annual rainfall of Pardis is around 327.6 mm

Economy

In the south of Pardis County around 5km from Bumahen is the Technology Park, where various R&D institutes and banking companies are located.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Pardis County” as county in Tehran Province, Iran. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Pardis, County and county.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2012, 2020, 2021, 2016—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2012-12-29. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Pardis, County and county providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Pardis County”, the useful work is to connect “county in Tehran Province, Iran” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Nov 14, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q5711257. Authority coordinates are 35.742, 51.777. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2012, 2020, 2021 and 2016.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Pardis County”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Pardis County primary sources, Pardis County archive and Pardis research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

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  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from Pardis 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.