{{Short description|County in Fars province, Iran}} {{distinguish|Lorestan province}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Larestan County |other_name = |native_name = {{langx|fa|شهرستان لارستان}} |settlement_type = County |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = | image_map = Fars.svg | image_map1 = IranFars-SVG.svg | map_caption = Location of Larestan County in Fars province (bottom right, green) | map_caption1 = Location of Fars province in Iran |pushpin_map = |pushpin_label_position = |pushpin_map_caption = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Iran |subdivision_type1 = Province |subdivision_name1 = Fars |seat_type = Capital |seat = Lar |parts_type = Districts | parts_style = para | parts = | p1 = Central | p2 = Banaruiyeh | p3 = Beyram | p4 = Sahray-ye Bagh | p5 = | p6 = |leader_title = |leader_name = |established_title = |established_date = |area_total_km2 = |population_as_of = 2016 |population_footnotes = <ref name="2016 Fars Province"/> |population_total = 213920 |population_density_km2 = |coordinates = {{coord|27|48|N|54|33|E|dim:75km|display=inline,title}} |coordinates_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite map |author=((OpenStreetMap contributors)) |url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.8&mlon=54.55&zoom=9#map=9/27.800/54.550|website=OpenStreetMap |title=Larestan County|date=7 October 2024|access-date=7 October 2024|lang=fa}}</ref> |timezone = IRST |utc_offset = +3:30 |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = |website = |footnotes = }}
'''Larestan County''' ({{langx|fa|شهرستان لارستان}}){{efn|Formerly '''Lar County''' (شهرستان لار)<ref name="Lar County Renamed Larestan">{{cite report|title=Letter of approval regarding changing the name of Lar County to Larestan|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Martyrdom of Imam Ali (AS) Research Center of the Islamic Council|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/121681|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421204909/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/121681|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|archive-date=21 April 2022|orig-date=Approved 7 October 1398|date=c. 2022|id=Proposal 1.42.25950; Notification 31592T24775H|access-date=4 October 2023}}</ref>}} is in Fars province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Lar.<ref name="Fars Province Structure">{{cite report|title=Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of Fars province, centered in Shiraz|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/113032|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207211349/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/113032|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|orig-date=Approved 21 June 1369|date=c. 2023|archive-date=7 December 2023|access-date=7 December 2023|id=Notification 82840/T128K}}</ref>
==History== ===Early history=== In the medieval ages, Laristan was ruled by the local Miladian dynasty, until it was removed by a Safavid invasion in 1602 led by Allahverdi Khan. In the thirteenth century, Larestan briefly became a center of trade and commerce in southern Persia.<ref name="lari"/> Larestan was nearly always an obscure region, never becoming involved in the politics and conflicts of mainstream Persia.<ref name="lari"/>
The historical region of Larestan consists of several counties in Fars province (Larestan County, Khonj County, Gerash County and Lamerd County) and Bastak County in Hormozgan province.<ref name="khodmooni">{{cite web |url=https://www.neelwafurat.com/itempage.aspx?id=lbb391342-388816&search=books|title=كتاب تاريخ جنوب فارس لارستان وبستك|author=Mehran|date=2 March 2023|language=Arabic}}</ref><ref name="khodo">{{cite web |url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=USI2LPGol30|title=كتاب تاريخ جنوب فارس لارستان وبستك|author=khodo mania|website=YouTube |date=27 April 2023|language=Arabic}}</ref>
===Administrative changes=== In November 2008, Beyram, Evaz, and Gerash Districts were separated from the county in the establishment of Gerash County.<ref name="Gerash County Establishment 1">{{cite report|title=Creation of Gerash County in the center of Gerash city in Fars province|language=fa|website=qavanin.ir|via=Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran|url=https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/124505|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009094235/https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/124505|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Board of Ministers|last=Rahimi|first=Mohammad Reza|archive-date=9 October 2021|orig-date=Approved 11 November 2018|date=c. 2021|id=Proposal 156861/42/4/1|access-date=29 September 2024}}</ref> However, Beyram and Evaz Districts were returned to Larestan County six months later.<ref name="Gerash County Establishment 2">{{cite report|title=Special historical report: becoming the county of Gerash according to government documents|language=fa|website=new.gerishna.com|via=Afsana Gerash|url=https://new.gerishna.com/97394|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231115194313/https://new.gerishna.com/97394|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political and Defense Commission|last=Rahimi|first=Mohammad Reza|archive-date=15 November 2023|access-date=29 September 2024|date=24 November 1402|id=Proposal 204101/4/42; Notification 158802/T38854AH20|orig-date=Approved May 2019}}</ref> The village of Latifi was elevated to the status of a city,<ref name="Latifi City">{{cite report|title=The approval letter of the Ministers of the Political-Defense Commission of the Government Board regarding the transformation of Latifi village from Howmeh Rural District of the Central District of Larestan County in Fars province to Latifi city|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/111586|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231209172534/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/111586|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Board|last=Ahmadinejad|first=Mahmud|orig-date=Approved 29 July 1386|date=c. 2023|id=Proposal 93023/42/1/4; Notification 154605/T38077K|archive-date=9 December 2023|access-date=9 December 2023}}</ref> and the village of Emad Deh became the city of Emadshahr.<ref name="Name Changes in Nine Provinces">{{cite report|title=Approval regarding national divisions in the provinces of West Azerbaijan, Ardabil, Isfahan, Bushehr, Sistan and Baluchestan, Fars, Qom, Lorestan, Mazandaran|language=fa|website=sdil.ac.ir|via=Shahr Danesh Legal Research Institute|url=https://sdil.ac.ir/آخرین-مصوبات-هیئت-دولت-دهه-س��م-اسفند/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629112137/https://sdil.ac.ir/آخرین-مصوبات-هیئت-دولت-دهه-سوم-اسفند/|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Cabinet of Ministers|last=Jahangiri|first=Ishaq|archive-date=29 June 2019|orig-date=Approved 22 December 1397|id=Proposal 158389; Notification 175033/T56016H|date=14 April 2019|access-date=29 January 2025}}</ref>
In December 2017, the village of Dehkuyeh rose to city status.<ref name="Dehkuyeh and Faruq Cities">{{cite report|title=Letter of approval regarding the conversion of Faruq village of Marvdasht County and Dehkuyeh village of Larestan County in Fars province into cities|language=fa|website=qavanin.ir|via=Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran|url=https://qavanin.ir/Law/PrintText/264362|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924203753/https://qavanin.ir/Law/PrintText/264362|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|last=Jahangiri|first=Ishaq|archive-date=24 September 2023|orig-date=Approved 8 December 2017|date=c. 2023|id=Proposal 160540|access-date=24 September 2023}}</ref> Evaz District was separated from the county in 2018 to establish Evaz County.<ref name="Evaz County Establishment">{{cite report|title=Letter of approval regarding the national divisions of Larestan County, Fars province|language=fa|website=qavanin.ir|via=Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran|url=https://qavanin.ir/Law/PrintText/266405|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230917154417/https://qavanin.ir/Law/PrintText/266405|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|last=Jahangiri|first=Ishaq|archive-date=17 September 2023|date=c. 2023|orig-date=Approved 7 October 2018|id=Proposal 208755|access-date=17 September 2023}}</ref> Juyom District{{efn|Renamed the Central District of Juyom County<ref name="Juyom County Establishment"/>}} was separated from the county in 2021 in the establishment of Juyom County and renamed the Central District.<ref name="Juyom County Establishment">{{cite report|title=Letter of approval regarding the national divisions of Larestan County, Fars province|language=fa|website=qavanin.ir|via=Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran|url=https://qavanin.ir/Law/PrintText/297380|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230920154516/https://qavanin.ir/Law/PrintText/297380|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|last=Mokhbar|first=Mohammad|archive-date=20 September 2023|orig-date=Approved 25 December 1400|date=c. 2023|access-date=20 September 2023|id=Subject Letter 69863}}</ref>
==Geography== Laristan is bounded to the east and northeast by Kerman province, and south by the Persian Gulf. It consists mainly of mountain ranges in the north and east, and of arid plains varied with rocky hills and sandy valleys stretching thence to the coast. In the highlands, where there are some fertile upland tracts, the climate is genial, but elsewhere it is extremely sultry.<ref>{{EB1911|inline=y|wstitle=Lāristān|volume=16|page=217}}</ref>
==Demographics== ===Language=== Larestani people speak the Larestani language.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0y1jeSqbHLwC&pg=PA27|title=The History of Ancient Iran, Part 3, Volume 7|work=Richard Nelson Frye|pages=27–29|isbn=9783406093975|last1=Frye|first1=Richard Nelson|year=1984|publisher=C.H.Beck }}</ref> Larestani people are of Persian descent,<ref name="lari"/> the majority of Larestani people are Sunnis.<ref name="lari">{{cite web |url=http://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/12996/IR|title=Larestani, Lari in Iran}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.globalprayerdigest.org/index.php/issue/day/Larestani-people-of-Iran/|title=Larestani people of Iran|quote=The Larestani people are predominantly Sunni Muslims.|access-date=22 March 2014|archive-date=17 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017151224/http://www.globalprayerdigest.org/index.php/issue/day/Larestani-people-of-Iran/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.globalprayerdigest.org/index.php/issue/day/Larestani-People/|title=Larestani People|access-date=22 March 2014|archive-date=17 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017201458/http://www.globalprayerdigest.org/index.php/issue/day/Larestani-People/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zHxsWspxGIIC&q=laristan+sunni+fars&pg=PA225|title=Islamic Desk Reference|work= E. J. Van Donzel|pages=225|isbn=9004097384|last1=Van Donzel|first1=E. J.|date=January 1994|publisher=BRILL }}</ref> Larestani people call themselves "Khodmooni".
===Population=== At the time of the 2006 census, the county's population was 223,235 in 49,571 households.<ref name="2006 Fars Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Fars 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/07.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920091830/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/07.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}}</ref> The following census in 2011 counted 226,879 people in 54,686 households.<ref name="2011 Fars Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Fars 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/Fars.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116202002/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Fars.xls|archive-date=16 January 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}}</ref> The 2016 census measured the population of the county as 213,920 in 60,410 households.<ref name="2016 Fars Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Fars 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_07.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220406013432/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_07.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=6 April 2022}}</ref>
===Administrative divisions===
Larestan County's population history and administrative structure over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.
{| class="wikitable" |+ Larestan County Population |- ! Administrative Divisions !! 2006<ref name="2006 Fars Province"/> !! 2011<ref name="2011 Fars Province"/> !! 2016<ref name="2016 Fars Province"/> |- | '''Central District''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''87,988''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''106,511''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''104,146''' |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Darz and Sayeban RD || style="text-align: right;"| 5,859 || style="text-align: right;"| 6,749 || style="text-align: right;"| 6,081 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Dehkuyeh RD || style="text-align: right;"| 9,169 || style="text-align: right;"| 11,423 || style="text-align: right;"| 10,769 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Howmeh RD || style="text-align: right;"| 14,629 || style="text-align: right;"| 9,398 || style="text-align: right;"| 10,613 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Dehkuyeh (city){{efn|Became a city after the 2016 census<ref name="Dehkuyeh and Faruq Cities"/>}} || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Khur (city) || style="text-align: right;"| 6,370 || style="text-align: right;"| 6,821 || style="text-align: right;"| 7,338 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Lar (city) || style="text-align: right;"| 51,961 || style="text-align: right;"| 65,451 || style="text-align: right;"| 62,045 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Latifi (city) || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| 6,669 || style="text-align: right;"| 7,300 |- | '''Banaruiyeh District''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''17,174''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''19,321''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''16,723''' |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Banaruiyeh RD || style="text-align: right;"| 3,890 || style="text-align: right;"| 4,427 || style="text-align: right;"| 3,339 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Deh Fish RD || style="text-align: right;"| 3,966 || style="text-align: right;"| 3,917 || style="text-align: right;"| 4,307 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Banaruiyeh (city) || style="text-align: right;"| 9,318 || style="text-align: right;"| 10,977 || style="text-align: right;"| 9,077 |- | '''Beyram District''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''12,389''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''14,128''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''13,732''' |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Bala Deh RD || style="text-align: right;"| 5,213 || style="text-align: right;"| 6,402 || style="text-align: right;"| 6,162 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Beyram RD || style="text-align: right;"| 656 || style="text-align: right;"| 347 || style="text-align: right;"| 270 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Beyram (city) || style="text-align: right;"| 6,520 || style="text-align: right;"| 7,379 || style="text-align: right;"| 7,300 |- | '''Evaz District'''{{efn|Transferred to Evaz County<ref name="Evaz County Establishment"/>}} || style="text-align: right;"| '''33,346''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''45,752''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''40,731''' |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Bid Shahr RD || style="text-align: right;"| 13,111 || style="text-align: right;"| 16,387 || style="text-align: right;"| 14,861 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Fishvar RD || style="text-align: right;"| 5,920 || style="text-align: right;"| 6,964 || style="text-align: right;"| 5,883 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Evaz (city) || style="text-align: right;"| 14,315 || style="text-align: right;"| 22,401 || style="text-align: right;"| 19,987 |- | '''Gerash District'''{{efn|Transferred to Gerash County<ref name="Gerash County Establishment 1"/>}} || style="text-align: right;"| '''39,348''' || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Arad RD || style="text-align: right;"| 6,564 || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Fedagh RD || style="text-align: right;"| 5,210 || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Gerash (city) || style="text-align: right;"| 27,574 || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| |- | '''Juyom District'''{{efn|Transferred to Juyom County and renamed the Central District of Juyom County<ref name="Juyom County Establishment"/>}} || style="text-align: right;"| '''19,601''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''28,083''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''25,081''' |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Harm RD || style="text-align: right;"| 8,992 || style="text-align: right;"| 12,970 || style="text-align: right;"| 12,202 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Juyom RD || style="text-align: right;"| 4,213 || style="text-align: right;"| 6,303 || style="text-align: right;"| 4,869 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Juyom (city) || style="text-align: right;"| 6,396 || style="text-align: right;"| 8,810 || style="text-align: right;"| 8,010 |- | '''Sahray-ye Bagh District''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''13,389''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''13,022''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''12,855''' |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Emad Deh RD || style="text-align: right;"| 6,813 || style="text-align: right;"| 2,239 || style="text-align: right;"| 1,613 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Sahray-ye Bagh RD || style="text-align: right;"| 6,576 || style="text-align: right;"| 6,277 || style="text-align: right;"| 7,007 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Emadshahr (city){{efn|Formerly the village of Emad Deh<ref name="Name Changes in Nine Provinces"/>}} || style="text-align: right;"| || style="text-align: right;"| 4,506 || style="text-align: right;"| 4,235 |- | '''Total''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''223,235''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''226,879''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''213,920''' |- | colspan=4 | {{small|RD {{=}} Rural District}} |}
==Climate== Lar has a hot desert climate (BWh). Snowfall in Larestan is a very rare event. In February 2017, it snowed in this city after 50 years.<ref>{{Cite web |last=نيوز |first=فداغ |title=بارش برف در لارستان همه را غافلگیر کرد |url=https://www.fedaghnews.com/%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%b1%d8%b4-%d8%a8%d8%b1%d9%81-%d8%af%d8%b1-%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%b1%d8%b3%d8%aa%d8%a7%d9%86-%d9%87%d9%85%d9%87-%d8%b1%d8%a7-%d8%ba%d8%a7%d9%81%d9%84%da%af%db%8c%d8%b1-%da%a9%d8%b1%d8%af/ |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=پایگاه خبری و اطلاع رسانی فداغ نیوز |language=fa-IR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=بارش برف در شهرهای جنوبی استان فارس پس از 50 سال - تسنیم |url=https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1395/11/15/1316577/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B4-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%81-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A8%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3-%D9%BE%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D8%B2-50-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84 |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=خبرگزاری تسنیم {{!}} Tasnim |language=fa}}</ref>
== See also == *Bastak and Bastak County *Evaz and Evaz County *Gerash County *Hola (ethnic group) *Khonj County *Lamerd County *Larestani people
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==References== {{Reflist}}
*{{cite book |author=Donald P. McCrory |year=2002 |title=No ordinary man, The life and times of Miguel De Cervantes |location=London |publisher=Peter Owen Publishers |page=[https://archive.org/details/noordinarymanlif0000mccr/page/150 150] |isbn=0-7206-1085-0 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/noordinarymanlif0000mccr/page/150 }}
==External links== *[http://www.gerash.com/english.html Gerash.com] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20180419123422/http://www.khodmooniforum.com/ Khodmooni Forum] Connecting Khodmoonis All Over the World
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