Heris County

Heris County

Persian: شهرستان هریس
Heris County Persian: شهرستان هریس
County
	Sharan village waterfall
	Location of Heris County in East Azerbaijan province (center, yellow)
	Location of East Azerbaijan province in Iran
	Coordinates: 38°14′N 46°53′E / 38.233°N 46.883°E
Country	Iran
Province	East Azerbaijan
Established	1989
Capital	Heris
Districts	Central, Khvajeh
Population (2016)
• Total	69,093
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)
	Heris County at GEOnet Names Server

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Heris County (Persian: شهرستان هریس) is located in East Azerbaijan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Heris.^[5]

History

The village of Arbatan was elevated to the status of a city in 2019.^[6]

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the county's population was 67,626, in 15,916 households.^[7] The following census in 2011 counted 67,820 people, in 18,339 households.^[8] The 2016 census measured the population of the county as 69,093, in 20,639 households.^[4]

Administrative divisions

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

Heris County Population
Administrative Divisions	2006^[7]	2011^[8]	2016^[4]
Central District	37,475	39,735	40,558
Baruq RD^[a]	1,883	1,863	1,828
Bedevostan-e Sharqi RD	5,729	5,948	5,984
Khanamrud RD	3,488	3,498	3,321
Bakhshayesh (city)	5,752	6,098	6,102
Heris (city)	9,513	9,823	10,515
Kolvanaq (city)	6,344	6,792	7,465
Zarnaq (city)	4,766	5,713	5,343
Khvajeh District	30,151	28,085	28,535
Bedevostan-e Gharbi RD	16,259	16,026	16,242
Mavazekhan-e Sharqi RD	4,274	3,496	3,755
Mavazekhan-e Shomali RD	5,918	4,762	4,527
Arbatan (city)^[b]
Khajeh (city)	3,700	3,801	4,011
Total	67,626	67,820	69,093
RD = Rural District

Notes

↑ Merger of Mehranrud-e Shomali and Zarnaq Rural Districts^[9]
↑ Became a city after the 2016 census^[6]

References

↑ OpenStreetMap contributors (3 September 2024). "دهستان بدوستان غربی, بخش خواجه [Bedevostan-e Gharbi Rural District, Khvajeh District], Heris County, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 3 September 2024.
↑ "6VMM+88P Bilverdi, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
↑ Mousavi, Mir-Hossein (12 July 1989) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1368/04/21 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. ایجاد و تأسیس شهرستان هریس به مرکزیت شهر هریس در تابعیت استان آذربایجان شرقی از ترکیب دو بخش مرکزی و طالقان [‌Creation and establishment of Heris County with Heris city as its center in the jurisdiction of East Azerbaijan province from the combination of the two Central and Taleqan districts]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. شناسه [ID] F8B1802B-A768-41BF-A636-EA66B479D654. شماره دوره [Course number] 68, شماره جلد [Volume number] 8. Archived from the original on 10 September 2025. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
1 2 3 سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان آذربایجان شرقی [General Population and Housing Census 2016: East Azerbaijan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
↑ Habibi, Hassan (12 September 1990) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1369/06/21 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصویب سازمان و سلسله تابعیت عناصر و واحدهای تقسیمات کشوری استان آذربایجان شرقی به مرکزیت شهر تبریز [‌Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of East Azerbaijan province, centered in the city of Tabriz]. مرکز پژوهشهای مجلس شورای اسلامی ایران [Research Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board]. یب‌نامه‌شماره .93808ت907 [Resolution No. 93808T907]. Archived from the original on 4 August 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
1 2 Jahangiri, Eshaq (26 February 2019) [شماره ۱۶۴۱۶۲/ت۵۶۰۴۴هـ ـ۱۳۹۷/۱۲/۷ (164162/T56044H - 1397/12/7) (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصویب‌نامه در خصوص تبدیل روستای اربطان دهستان بدوستان غربی بخش خواجه شهرستان هریس در استان آذربایجان شرقی به شهر [‌Approval regarding the conversion of Arbatan village, Bedevostan-e Gharbi Rural District, Khvajeh District, Heris County, East Azerbaijan province into a city]. پژوهشکده حقوقی شهر دانش [Shahr Danesh Law Research Institute] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. شماره ۱۶۴۱۶۲/ت۵۶۰۴۴هـ [No. 164162/T56044H]. Archived from the original on 24 March 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
1 2 سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان آذربایجان شرقی [General Population and Housing Census 2006: East Azerbaijan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
1 2 سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان آذربایجان شرقی [General Population and Housing Census 2011: East Azerbaijan Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
↑ Habibi, Hassan (19 April 2000) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1379/01/31 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. ایجاد تغییرات و اصلاحات تقسیماتی در استان آذربایجان شرقی [‌Creating divisional changes and reforms in East Azerbaijan province]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. شناسه [ID] 37BAFFFE-2C9A-42EE-9A29-2C3CE2B031E5. شماره دوره [Course number] 79. Archived from the original on 6 September 2025. Retrieved 6 September 2025.

[10] Merger of Mehranrud-e Shomali and Zarnaq Rural Districts^[9]

[11] Became a city after the 2016 census^[6]

[1] OpenStreetMap contributors (3 September 2024). "دهستان بدوستان غربی, بخش خواجه [Bedevostan-e Gharbi Rural District, Khvajeh District], Heris County, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 3 September 2024.

[2] "6VMM+88P Bilverdi, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 9 September 2025.

[Heris_County_Establishment-3] Mousavi, Mir-Hossein (12 July 1989) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1368/04/21 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. ایجاد و تأسیس شهرستان هریس به مرکزیت شهر هریس در تابعیت استان آذربایجان شرقی از ترکیب دو بخش مرکزی و طالقان [‌Creation and establishment of Heris County with Heris city as its center in the jurisdiction of East Azerbaijan province from the combination of the two Central and Taleqan districts]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. شناسه [ID] F8B1802B-A768-41BF-A636-EA66B479D654. شماره دوره [Course number] 68, شماره جلد [Volume number] 8. Archived from the original on 10 September 2025. Retrieved 10 September 2025.

[2016_East_Azerbaijan_Province-4] 1 2 3 سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان آذربایجان شرقی [General Population and Housing Census 2016: East Azerbaijan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.

[East_Azerbaijan_Province_Structure_2-5] Habibi, Hassan (12 September 1990) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1369/06/21 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصویب سازمان و سلسله تابعیت عناصر و واحدهای تقسیمات کشوری استان آذربایجان شرقی به مرکزیت شهر تبریز [‌Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of East Azerbaijan province, centered in the city of Tabriz]. مرکز پژوهشهای مجلس شورای اسلامی ایران [Research Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board]. یب‌نامه‌شماره .93808ت907 [Resolution No. 93808T907]. Archived from the original on 4 August 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2025.

[Arbatan_City-6] 1 2 Jahangiri, Eshaq (26 February 2019) [شماره ۱۶۴۱۶۲/ت۵۶۰۴۴هـ ـ۱۳۹۷/۱۲/۷ (164162/T56044H - 1397/12/7) (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصویب‌نامه در خصوص تبدیل روستای اربطان دهستان بدوستان غربی بخش خواجه شهرستان هریس در استان آذربایجان شرقی به شهر [‌Approval regarding the conversion of Arbatan village, Bedevostan-e Gharbi Rural District, Khvajeh District, Heris County, East Azerbaijan province into a city]. پژوهشکده حقوقی شهر دانش [Shahr Danesh Law Research Institute] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. شماره ۱۶۴۱۶۲/ت۵۶۰۴۴هـ [No. 164162/T56044H]. Archived from the original on 24 March 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2025.

[2006_East_Azerbaijan_Province-7] 1 2 سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان آذربایجان شرقی [General Population and Housing Census 2006: East Azerbaijan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.

[2011_East_Azerbaijan_Province-8] 1 2 سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان آذربایجان شرقی [General Population and Housing Census 2011: East Azerbaijan Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.

[East_Azerbaijan_Province_Changes_120313-9] Habibi, Hassan (19 April 2000) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1379/01/31 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. ایجاد تغییرات و اصلاحات تقسیماتی در استان آذربایجان شرقی [‌Creating divisional changes and reforms in East Azerbaijan province]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. شناسه [ID] 37BAFFFE-2C9A-42EE-9A29-2C3CE2B031E5. شماره دوره [Course number] 79. Archived from the original on 6 September 2025. Retrieved 6 September 2025.

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