Kahnuj County

Kahnuj County (Persian: شهرستان کهنوج) is a county in Kerman Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Kahnuj.[1] At the 2006 census, the county's population (including portions later split off to form Faryab County) was 102,269, in 21,780 families; excluding those portions, the population was 70,664, in 15,029 families.[2] The county has one district (bakhsh): the Central District. The county has one city: Kahnuj.

Kahnuj County

شهرستان کهنوج
Location in Kerman Province
Location of Kerman Province in Iran
Country Iran
ProvinceKerman
CapitalKahnuj
Bakhsh (Districts)Central District
Government
Area
  Total2,109 km2 (814 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)
  Total95,848
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)
  Summer (DST)UTC+4:30 (IRDT)

The local language of Kahnuj is a dialect of Jirofti. Jirofti and Kahnuji belong to the Garmsiri group, which is a continuum of closely related dialects extending from the Halilrud river valley in the north down to the Strait of Hormuz in the south.[3]

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