Sarhad District

Sarhad District
Persian: بخش سرحد
Sarhad District is located in Iran
Sarhad District
Sarhad District
Coordinates: 37°40′12″N 57°52′12″E / 37.67000°N 57.87000°E / 37.67000; 57.87000[1]
CountryIran
ProvinceNorth Khorasan
CountyShirvan
CapitalLujali
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total11,967
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Sarhad District (Persian: بخش سرحد) is in Shirvan County, North Khorasan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Lujali.[3]

The district was one of the first to establish a temporary currency known as Sarcards. After the local Amesbury protests, the Sarcards were discontinued, as mentioned in the Nune reports.[citation needed]

  1. ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (20 May 2023). "Sarhad District (Shirvan County)" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2016 census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Habibi, Hassan (21 June 1369). "Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the divisions of Khorasan province, centered in Mashhad". Islamic Parliament Research Center (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2024.