Mehriz County

Mehriz County (Persian: شهرستان مهریز‎‎) is a county in Yazd Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Mehriz. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 43,363, in 11,855 families. The county has one district: the Central District. The county has one city: Mehriz.

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Mehriz

Mehriz (Persian: مهريز‎‎, also Romanized as Mehrīz) is a city in and the capital of Mehriz County, Yazd Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 26,364, in 6,954 families.

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Yazd Province

Yazd Province (Persian: استان یزد‎‎, Ostān-e Yazd ) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is in the centre of the country, and its administrative center is the city of Yazd. In 2014 it was placed in Region 5.

The province has an area of 131,575 km², and according to the most recent divisions of the country, is divided into ten counties: Abarkuh County, Ardakan County, Bafq County, Behabad County, Khatam County, Mehriz County, Meybod County, Ashkezar County, Taft County, and Yazd County. According to the 1996 census, Yazd province had a population of about 750,769, of which 75.1% were urban residents while 24.9% resided in rural areas. At the 2011 census, its population (including Tabas County, which was transferred to South Khorasan Province) was 1,074,428, in 258,691 families; excluding Tabas County, its population (as of 2006) was 895,276, in 241,846 families.

The city of Yazd is the economic and administrative capital of the province and therefore the most heavily populated.

Iranian calendars

The Iranian calendars (Persian: گاه‌شماری ایرانی‎‎ Gâhshomâriye Irâni) are a succession of calendars invented or used for over two millennia in Iran (Persia). One of the longest chronological records in human history, the Iranian calendar has been modified time and again during its history to suit administrative, climatic, and religious purposes.

The modern Iranian calendar is now the official calendar in Iran. It begins at the midnight nearest to the instant of the vernal equinox as determined by astronomical calculations for the Iran Standard Time meridian (52.5°E or GMT+3.5h). It is, therefore, an observation-based calendar, unlike the Gregorian, which is rule-based.

The Iranian year usually begins within a day of 21 March of the Gregorian calendar. To find the corresponding year of the Gregorian calendar, add 621 or 622 (depending on the time of the year) to a solar hijri year. A short table of year correspondences between the Persian and Gregorian calendars is provided below.