Ferdows County

Ferdows County
Ferdows County; شهرستان فردوس
	County
	South Khorasan counties
	Location of South Khorasan Province in Iran
	Coordinates: 34°10′N 57°40′E
Country	Iran
Province	South Khorasan Province
Capital	Ferdows
Population (2016)
• Total	45,523[1]
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+4:30 (IRDT)
	Ferdows County at GEOnet Names Server

Ferdows County (Persian: شهرستان فردوس‎) is a county in the north of South Khorasan Province in Iran.[2] The capital of the county is Ferdows. Ferdows County has 3 cities Ferdows, Eslamiyeh & Baghestan. The population of this county is about 45,000[1]. Ferdows County, which was formed in 1944, originally included a large area (more than 78,000 km²) but its subdivisions have gradually become independent and now encompasses four counties (Ferdows, Tabas, Sarayan and Boshruyeh). After dividing the Khorasan province into 3 provinces, Ferdows County was initially a part of Razavi Khorasan province, but was incorporated within the borders of South Khorasan Province in March 2007.

Ferdows County borders Gonabad County and Bajestan County, to the north, Gonabad County and Sarayan County to the east, Boshruyeh County to the west and south and Tabas County to the south.

Ferdows is famous for its high quality saffron and pomegranate.[3]

Visitor attractions

Ferdows Hot Mineral Spring
Ferdows Hole-in-the-Rock
Polond Desert
Ferdows Religious School (dating to Safavid dynasty)
Ferdows Congregation Mosque (Jame' Mosque of Ferdows) (dating to Seljuk dynasty)

Notes

تعداد جمعیت و خانوار به تفکیک تقسیمات کشوری براساس سرشماری عمومی نفوس و مسکن سال ۱۳۹۵ (in Persian). Retrieved 21 June 2017.
Gitashenasi Province Atlas of Iran Archived May 22, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
"Ferdows, Iran's eastern heaven". PRESS TV. 21 June 2008. Archived from the original on 14 August 2008. Retrieved 4 January 2009.

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References

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[2016Census-1] تعداد جمعیت و خانوار به تفکیک تقسیمات کشوری براساس سرشماری عمومی نفوس و مسکن سال ۱۳۹۵ (in Persian). Retrieved 21 June 2017.

[2] Gitashenasi Province Atlas of Iran Archived May 22, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

[3] "Ferdows, Iran's eastern heaven". PRESS TV. 21 June 2008. Archived from the original on 14 August 2008. Retrieved 4 January 2009.