Banestan Rural District
Persian: دهستان بنستان
Rural District
Banestan Rural District is located in Iran
Banestan Rural District
Banestan Rural District
Coordinates: 31°56′04″N 56°17′43″E / 31.93444°N 56.29528°E / 31.93444; 56.29528[1]
Country Iran
ProvinceYazd
CountyBehabad
DistrictAsfyj
CapitalBanestan
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total1,765
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Banestan Rural District (Persian: دهستان بنستان)[3] is in Asfyj District of Behabad County, Yazd province, Iran.[4] It capital is the village of Banestan.[5]

At the National Census of 2006, its population (as a part of Behabad District of Bafq County) was 1,523 in 484 households.[6] There were 2,130 inhabitants in 744 households at the following census of 2011,[7] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Behabad County.[4] At the most recent census of 2016, the population of the rural district was 1,765 in 635 households. The largest of its 38 villages was Banestan, with 706 people.[2]

References

  1. ↑ OpenStreetMap contributors (1 March 2023). "Banestan Rural District (Behabad County)" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 21. Archived from the original (Excel) on 18 November 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. ↑ Iranian National Committee for Standardization of Geographical Names website (in Persian)
  4. 1 2 Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud. "Approval letter regarding reforms and divisional changes in Yazd province". Lamtakam (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Council of Ministers. Archived from the original on 20 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  5. ↑ Habibi, Hassan (26 February 1369). "Creation and establishment of thirteen rural districts in Khorasan, Isfahan, Mazandaran, Fars, Bakhtaran, Kurdistan and Yazd provinces". Lamtakam (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Council of Ministers. Archived from the original on 20 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  6. ↑ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 21. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  7. ↑ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)". Syracuse University (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 21. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
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