Kaleybar County

Kaleybar County شهرستان کلیبر
County
Location of Kaleybar County in East Azerbaijan Province
Coordinates: 38°54′N 47°03′E / 38.900°N 47.050°ECoordinates: 38°54′N 47°03′E / 38.900°N 47.050°E
Country	Iran
Province	East Azerbaijan
Capital	Kaleybar
Bakhsh (Districts)	Central District, Abish Ahmad District
Population (2006)
• Total	52,798
Time zone	IRST (UTC+3:30)
• Summer (DST)	IRDT (UTC+4:30)
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Kaleybar County (Persian: شهرستان کلیبر‎‎) is a county in East Azerbaijan Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Kaleybar. In addition to the capital city, the county is noted for the Arasbaran forests protected area^[1] and the Bazz Galasi, the fortress of Babak Khorramdin.^[2]

At the 2006 census, the county's population (including those portions later split off to form Khoda Afarin County) was 87,259, in 19,250 families; excluding those portions, the population was 52,798, in 11,758 families.^[3] The county is subdivided into two districts: the Central District and Abish Ahmad District. The county has two cities: Kaleybar and Abish Ahmad.

Districts

Kaleybar County is divided into two districts:

• Kaleybar Central District (Markazi) administered from Kaleybar;
• Abish Ahmad District with Abish Ahmad as its administrative seat

References

1. Adamec, Ludwig W. (1976) Historical Gazetteer of Iran: Tehran and Northwestern Iran Akademische Drucku. Verlagsanstalt, Graz, Austria, page 326, ISBN 3-201-00992-X
2. Burke, Andrew and Elliott. Mark (2008) Iran Lonely Planet, Footscray, Victoria, Australia, page 159, ISBN 978-1-74104-293-1
3. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". Islamic Republic of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 2011-11-11.

• اطلس گیتاشناسی استان‌های ایران [Atlas Gitashenasi Ostanhai Iran] (Gitashenasi Province Atlas of Iran)