Evaz County (Persian: شهرستان اوز) is in Fars province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Evaz,[2] whose population at the time of the 2016 National Census was 19,987 in 5,273 households.[3]
History
In 2018, Evaz District was separated from Larestan County[a] in the establishment of Evaz County, which was divided into two districts of two rural districts each, with Evaz as its capital.[2] The villages of Bid Shahr[5] and Kureh[6] were elevated to city status.
Demographics
Language
The language spoken in Evaz originates from the ancient Persian dialect called Achomi [7] (Avazi). The majority of the people in Evaz follow the religion Islam Sunni despite being the minority in Iran who follow this belief.[8]
Administrative divisions
Evaz County's administrative structure is shown in the following table.
^Letter of approval regarding changing the name of Lar County to Larestan. rc.majlis.ir (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers. c. 2022 [Approved 7 October 1398]. Proposal 1.42.25950; Notification 31592T24775H. Archived from the original on 21 April 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2023 – via Martyrdom of Imam Ali (AS) Research Center of the Islamic Council.