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Chabahar County

Chabahar County (Persian: شهرستان چابهار) is in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. Its capital is the port city of Chabahar on the coast of the Gulf of Oman.

After the 2011 National Census, Talang Rural District was separated from the county to join Qasr-e Qand County. After the 2016 census, the village of Polan was elevated to the status of a city.

In 2018, Dashtiari District was separated from the county in the establishment of Dashtiari County. Vashnam-e Dari Rural District was created in the Central District, and Pir Sohrab Rural District was separated from it in the formation of Pir Sohrab District, including the new Bajar Bazar Rural District.

The aboriginal residents in the city of Chabahar are the Baluch. In recent years, many people have immigrated to Chabahar from other parts of Iran to find a better life. Immigration changed Chabahar's face dramatically. Today Chabahar has a mix of different ethnicities including Baluchs, Turks, Sistanis (Zabolis), and other peoples of Iran.[citation needed]

As of 2008, more than half of the county's population were living in rural areas; the urban population is 77,128, of which a majority reside in the city of Chabahar. At the time of the 2006 census, the county's population was 214,017 in 41,532 households. The following census in 2011 counted 264,051 people in 58,039 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the county as 283,204 in 68,147 households.

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

Traditionally, the people of Chabahar County were employed in fishing and agriculture, with some coastal trade. In the 1970s Iran established a naval station and an air base there. In the 1980s the port facilities at Chabahar were developed during the Iran–Iraq War, and further developed in the 1990s. The Chabahar Free Trade-Industrial Zone was established in 1992. These developments changed the county from primarily rural, to an urban–rural mix.[citation needed]

Chabahar County is the site of Iran's ballistic missile test range.

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