Shabestar County

Shabestar County is in East Azerbaijan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Shabestar.

Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the county's population was 121,787 in 33,255 households. The following census in 2011 counted 124,499 people in 37,358 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the county as 135,421 in 43,982 households.

Administrative divisions
Shabestar County's population history and administrative structure over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.

Publications
International Journal of Forest, Soil and Erosion has been published as a peer-reviewed journal in Shabestar city since November 2011.