{{Short description|County in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran}}
{{for multi|the city|Khash, Iran{{!}}Khash|other places with a similar name|Khash (disambiguation){{!}}Khash}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Khash County |other_name = |native_name = {{langx|fa|شهرستان خاش}} |settlement_type = [[Counties of Iran|County]] |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_map = Sistan and Baluchestan.svg |image_map1 = IranSistanBaluchistan-SVG.svg | map_caption = Location of Khash County in Sistan and Baluchestan province (center right, yellow) | map_caption1 = Location of Sistan and Baluchestan province in Iran |pushpin_map = |pushpin_label_position = |pushpin_map_caption = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = [[Iran]] |subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Iran|Province]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Sistan and Baluchestan province|Sistan and Baluchestan]] |seat_type = Capital |seat = [[Khash, Iran|Khash]] |parts_type = [[Bakhsh (administrative division)|Districts]] | parts_style = para | parts = | p1 = [[Central District (Khash County)|Central]] | p2 = [[Irandegan District|Irandegan]] | p3 = [[Poshtkuh District (Khash County)|Poshtkuh]] | p4 = | p5 = | p6 = |leader_title = |leader_name = |established_title = |established_date = |area_total_km2 = |population_as_of = 2016 |population_footnotes = <ref name="2016 Sistan and Baluchestan Province"/> |population_total = 173821 |population_density_km2 = |coordinates = {{coord|28|05|28|N|61|37|48|E|dim:60km|display=inline,title}} |coordinates_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite map |author=((OpenStreetMap contributors)) |url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=28.091111&mlon=61.63&zoom=10#map=10/28.0911/61.6300|website=[[OpenStreetMap]] |title=Khash County|date=10 January 2025|access-date=10 January 2025|lang=fa}}</ref> |timezone = [[Iran Standard Time|IRST]] |utc_offset = +3:30 |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = |website = |footnotes = {{GEOnet3|9206421}} }}
'''Khash County''' ({{langx|fa|شهرستان خاش}}) is in [[Sistan and Baluchestan province|Sistan and Baluchestan]] province, Iran. Its capital is the city of [[Khash, Iran|Khash]].<ref name="Sistan and Baluchestan Province Structure">{{cite report|title=Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of Sistan and Baluchestan province, centered in the city of Zahedan|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Research Center of the System of Laws of the Islamic Council of the Farabi Library of Mobile Users|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/113038|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130724212413/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/113038|archive-date=24 July 2013|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|date=5 March 2013|orig-date=Approved 21 June 1369|id=Proposal 3233.1.5.53; Letter 907-93808; Notification 82822/T129|access-date=29 December 2023}}</ref>
==History== After the 2016 National Census, the villages of [[Deh-e Rais]]<ref name="Deh-e Rais City">{{cite web|title=It is agreed to convert Deh-e Rais village, the center of Irandegan District of Khash County, into a city|language=fa|website=rrk.ir|url=https://rrk.ir/Laws/ShowLaw.aspx?Code=17279|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915130155/https://rrk.ir/Laws/ShowLaw.aspx?Code=17279|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|date=24 June 2018|last=Fazli|first=Abdolreza Rahmani|archive-date=15 September 2018|access-date=20 November 2023|orig-date=Approved 3 April 1397|id=Proposal 544285; Letter 33667/59806}}</ref> and [[Esmailabad, Khash|Esmailabad]]<ref name="Poshtkuh District Formation">{{cite report|title=Approval letter regarding the national divisions of the Central District of Khash County of Sistan and Baluchestan province|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Islamic Parliament Research Center of the Islamic Republic of Iran|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/1392521|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200124163524/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/1392521|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|archive-date=24 January 2020|date=4 February 2018|orig-date=Approved 13 September 1398|id=Proposal 49438; Notification 120506/T56671H|access-date=20 November 2023}}</ref> were elevated to city status. In 2019, [[Poshtkuh Rural District (Khash County)|Poshtkuh Rural District]] was separated from the [[Central District (Khash County)|Central District]] in the formation of [[Poshtkuh District (Khash County)|Poshtkuh District]], including the new [[Bilari Rural District]].<ref name="Poshtkuh District Formation"/> In the same year, [[Nukabad District]] was separated from the county in the establishment of [[Taftan County]].<ref name="Taftan County Establishment">{{cite report|title=Approval letter regarding the national divisions of Khash County of Sistan and Baluchestan province|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Islamic Parliament Research Center of the Islamic Republic of Iran|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/1392509|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200124163452/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/1392509|archive-date=24 January 2020|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|last=Jahangiri|first=Ishaq|date=4 February 2018|orig-date=Approved 13 September 1398|id=Proposal 84088; Notification 120508/T56818H|access-date=30 December 2023}}</ref>
==Demographics== ===Population=== At the time of the 2006 census, the county's population was 161,918 in 32,478 households.<ref name="2006 Sistan and Baluchestan Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Sistan and Baluchestan Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/11.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920083538/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/11.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}}</ref> The following census in 2011 counted 155,652 people in 35,476 households.<ref name="2011 Sistan and Baluchestan Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Sistan and Baluchestan Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=irandataportal.syr.edu|via=Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University|url=https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Sistan-and-Baluchestan.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221125114706/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Sistan-and-Baluchestan.xls|archive-date=25 November 2022|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}}</ref> The 2016 census measured the population of the county as 173,821 in 48,396 households.<ref name="2016 Sistan and Baluchestan Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Sistan and Baluchestan Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_11.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211223104011/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_11.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=23 December 2021}}</ref>
===Administrative divisions===
Khash County's population history and administrative structure over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.
{| class="wikitable" |+ Khash County Population |- ! Administrative Divisions !! 2006<ref name="2006 Sistan and Baluchestan Province"/> !! 2011<ref name="2011 Sistan and Baluchestan Province"/> !! 2016<ref name="2016 Sistan and Baluchestan Province"/> |- | '''[[Central District (Khash County)|Central District]]''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''111,114''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''107,817''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''115,085''' |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Esmailabad Rural District (Khash County)|Esmailabad RD]] || style="text-align: right;"| 16,940 || style="text-align: right;"| 16,895 || style="text-align: right;"| 17,577 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Karvandar Rural District|Karvandar RD]] || style="text-align: right;"| 6,028 || style="text-align: right;"| 6,324 || style="text-align: right;"| 7,153 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Kuh Sefid Rural District (Khash County)|Kuh Sefid RD]] || style="text-align: right;"| 10,603 || style="text-align: right;"| 12,069 || style="text-align: right;"| 13,773 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Poshtkuh RD|| style="text-align: right;"| 13,612 || style="text-align: right;"| 12,237 || style="text-align: right;"| 13,587 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Sangan Rural District|Sangan RD]] || style="text-align: right;"| 7,248 || style="text-align: right;"| 6,187 || style="text-align: right;"| 6,411 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Esmailabad, Khash|Esmailabad]] (city){{efn|Became a city after the 2016 census<ref name="Poshtkuh District Formation"/>}} || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Khash, Iran|Khash]] (city) || style="text-align: right;"| 56,683 || style="text-align: right;"| 54,105 || style="text-align: right;"| 56,584 |- | '''[[Irandegan District]]''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''12,432''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''11,170''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''13,323''' |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Irandegan Rural District|Irandegan RD]] || style="text-align: right;"| 4,232 || style="text-align: right;"| 2,973 || style="text-align: right;"| 4,056 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Kahnuk Rural District|Kahnuk RD]] || style="text-align: right;"| 8,200 || style="text-align: right;"| 8,197 || style="text-align: right;"| 9,267 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Deh-e Rais]] (city){{efn|Became a city after the 2016 census<ref name="Deh-e Rais City"/>}} || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| |- | '''[[Nukabad District]]'''{{efn|Transferred to [[Taftan County]] after the 2016 census<ref name="Taftan County Establishment"/>}} || style="text-align: right;"| '''38,372''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''36,506''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''44,176''' |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Eskelabad Rural District|Eskelabad RD]] || style="text-align: right;"| 6,527 || style="text-align: right;"| 6,295 || style="text-align: right;"| 6,015 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Gowhar Kuh Rural District|Gowhar Kuh RD]] || style="text-align: right;"| 9,100 || style="text-align: right;"| 8,383 || style="text-align: right;"| 10,078 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Nazil Rural District|Nazil RD]] || style="text-align: right;"| 10,573 || style="text-align: right;"| 9,335 || style="text-align: right;"| 11,097 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Taftan-e Jonubi Rural District|Taftan-e Jonubi RD]] || style="text-align: right;"| 9,351 || style="text-align: right;"| 9,300 || style="text-align: right;"| 11,725 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Nukabad]] (city) || style="text-align: right;"| 2,821 || style="text-align: right;"| 3,193 || style="text-align: right;"| 5,261 |- | '''[[Poshtkuh District (Khash County)|Poshtkuh District]]'''{{efn|name=fn1|Established after the 2016 census<ref name="Poshtkuh District Formation"/>}} || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Bilari Rural District|Bilari RD]]{{efn|name=fn1}} || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | [[Poshtkuh Rural District (Khash County)|Poshtkuh RD]] || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| |- | '''Total''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''161,918''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''155,652''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''173,821''' |- | colspan=4 | {{small|RD {{=}} Rural District}} |}
== Economy and infrastructure ==
=== Infrastructure === [[File:سراسر_نما_جاده_ایرانشهر_خاش_دامن.jpg|thumb|268x268px|Iranshahr to Khash city road]] The city of Khash was located in the middle of the [[Iranshahr, Iran|Iranshahr]]-[[Zahedan]] road. historically, due to the strategic location of the city in the middle of the province, it was the center of the political administration of Iran's Balochistan in the west.<ref name=":03">{{cite web | url=http://khashcity.ir/fa-IR/douranportal/4626/page/%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%87-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AE%DB%8C-%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1-%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B4 | title=سایت شهرداری خاش | access-date=28 December 2024 | archive-date=2 February 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240202045255/http://khashcity.ir/fa-IR/douranportal/4626/page/%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%87-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AE%DB%8C-%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1-%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B4 | url-status=live }}</ref> The city of Khash is located on the route of the desalinated sea water pipeline from [[Arabian Sea|Arabian sea]] to the east of Iran, which supplies the water needed by industries.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://dana.ir/1452445/%D8%B5%D9%81%D8%B1-%D8%AA%D8%A7-%D8%B5%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%A2%D8%A8-%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%82-%DA%A9%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B4%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D8%AA%D9%BE%D8%B4-%D9%82%D9%84%D8%A8-%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1 | title=صفر تا صد انتقال آب عمان به شرق کشور/شریانی با تپش قلب چابهار | access-date=28 December 2024 | archive-date=2 February 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240202045252/https://dana.ir/1452445/%D8%B5%D9%81%D8%B1-%D8%AA%D8%A7-%D8%B5%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%A2%D8%A8-%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%82-%DA%A9%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B4%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D8%AA%D9%BE%D8%B4-%D9%82%D9%84%D8%A8-%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1 | url-status=live }}</ref> Also, the drinking water of the city is supplied through [[Karvander dam]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.irna.ir/news/85091840/%D8%A2%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D9%84%D9%88%D9%84%D9%87-%DA%AF%D8%B0%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%B7%D8%B1%D8%AD-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%A2%D8%A8-%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B4 |access-date=2024-02-02 |website=www.irna.ir |title=آغاز لوله گذاری طرح انتقال آب کارواندر به خاش |date=25 April 2023 |archive-date=2 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240502002344/https://www.irna.ir/news/85091840/%D8%A2%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D9%84%D9%88%D9%84%D9%87-%DA%AF%D8%B0%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%B7%D8%B1%D8%AD-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%A2%D8%A8-%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B4 |url-status=live }}</ref>
=== Industries === The people of the city are mainly engaged in the food industry, agriculture in the surrounding areas, mining (especially cement and iron ore) and handicrafts, and trade with Pakistan (and fuel smuggling).
Khash handicrafts show the peak of art, elegance and culture of Khash people. Among the handicrafts of Khash people are [[balochi needlework|needlework]], [[Weaving|mat weaving]], [[carpet]] weaving, back and khurjin weaving, coin and mirror embroidery, curtain weaving, [[goldsmith]]ing, black curtain weaving, [[Felt|financial felt]], inlay work, woven fabric, [[Jewellery|jewelry]] making, [[cream]], Perivar embroidery, production of [[musical instrument]]s and making [[Wall Hangings (exhibition)|wall hangings]] are the main handicraft arts in Khash city.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.mehrnews.com/news/722174/%D8%B5%D9%86%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B9-%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C-%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B4-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%84%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%87-%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AE-%D9%85%D8%AF%D9%81%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF | title=صنایع دستی خاش در لایه های زیرین تاریخ مدفون شده اند | date=26 July 2008 }}</ref>
=== Public services === In the city of Khash, there is a well-equipped Imam Khomeini [[hospital]], several specialized medical clinics, courts, numerous centers of the [[police]] and other law enforcement, security and military forces, a large number of small [[mosque]]s, as well as the Jame (Grand) Mosque of Khash.
=== Education === Khash Islamic Azad University is located in Khash city.
Also, Khash Faculty of [[Industry (economics)|Industry]] and [[Mining]] is located in Khash city, which is a branch of [[Sistan and Baluchistan University]]. This faculty started its activity in 2013 with the training of mining engineering, computer engineering and industrial engineering, and its purpose is to train expert staff for the industrial and mining development of Khash region.<ref>{{Cite web |title=دانشگاه سیستان و بلوچستان > دانشکده ها > دانشکده صنعت و معدن خاش |url=https://www.usb.ac.ir/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4%DA%A9%D8%AF%D9%87-%D9%87%D8%A7/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4%DA%A9%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%B5%D9%86%D8%B9%D8%AA-%D9%88-%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%AF%D9%86-%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B4 |access-date=2024-02-02 |website=www.usb.ac.ir |archive-date=13 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240713092914/https://www.usb.ac.ir/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4%DA%A9%D8%AF%D9%87-%D9%87%D8%A7/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4%DA%A9%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%B5%D9%86%D8%B9%D8%AA-%D9%88-%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%AF%D9%86-%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B4 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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