Darab County

Darab County شهرستان داراب
County
Fadami Waterfalls
Location of Darab County in Fars province
Location of Fars province in Iran
Coordinates: 28°35′N 54°46′E
Country	Iran
Province	Fars
Capital	Darab
Districts	3 (2006)
Population  (2006)
• Total	172,938
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+4:30 (IRDT)
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Darab County (Persian: شهرستان داراب) is located in Fars province, Iran. The capital of the county is Darab. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 172,938, in 39,955 families.

Administrative divisions

Darab County (2006)

Administrative Divisions	Pop.
Central District	137,677
Bakhtajerd Rural District	8,331
Balesh Rural District	10,043
Fasarud Rural District	8,531
Hashivar Rural District	13,827
Nasrovan Rural District	8,098
Pashkan Rural District	10,977
Qaleh Biyaban Rural District	5,951
Qaryah ol Kheyr Rural District	6,589
Darab City	54,513
Jannat Shahr City	10,817
Forg District	21,020
Abshur Rural District	10,639
Forg Rural District	10,381
Rostaq District	14,241
Kuhestan Rural District	5,070
Rostaq Rural District	9,171
Total Darab County	172,938

Overview

It has five hundred villages, and possesses a very hot climate, snow being rarely seen there in winter. Darab city have area of about 7,500 square kilometers and a height of 1180 meters. It produces fruits, cereals, cotton, and tobacco, while the lower areas are used for winter crops by the Baharlu tribe. There are also nearby salt mines which have long been utilized. The town Darab, the capital of the district, is situated in a very fertile plain, 140 mi. S.E. of Shiraz. It has a population (in 2000) of about 60,718 and extensive orchards of orange and lemon trees and immense plantations of date-palms. Legend ascribes the foundation of the city to Darius, hence its name Darab-gerd ("Darius-fort").

In the neighborhood there are various remains of antiquity, the most important of which mi. S., is known as the Kalah i Dal-a, or citadel of Darius, and consists of a series of earthworks arranged in a circle round an isolated rock. Nothing, however, remains to fix the date or explain the history of the fortification. Another monument in the vicinity is a gigantic bas-relief, carved on the vertical face of a rock, representing the victory of the Sassanian Shapur I (Sapor) of Persia over the Roman emperor Valerian, A.D. 260.