Dashti County

Dashti County (Persian: شهرستان دشتی) is in Bushehr province, Iran.

[citation needed] At the time of the 2006 census, the county's population was 71,285 in 15,465 households.

[2] Dashti County's population history and administrative structure over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.

The county has a 25 km coastline along the Persian Gulf, with a climate that is mostly arid or semiarid.

[citation needed] A strong earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale struck the city of Shonbeh and villages of Shonbeh and Tasuj District in Dashti County on 9 April 2013, killing at least thirty-seven people.