Meshkan Rural District
Persian: دهستان مشکان
Rural District
Meshkan Rural District is located in Iran
Meshkan Rural District
Meshkan Rural District
Coordinates: 36°32′11″N 58°08′33″E / 36.53639°N 58.14250°E / 36.53639; 58.14250[1]
Country Iran
ProvinceRazavi Khorasan
CountyKhoshab
DistrictMeshkan
CapitalMeshkan
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total5,333
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Meshkan Rural District (Persian: دهستان مشکان), formerly Darreh Yam Rural District (دهستان دره يام), is in Meshkan District of Khoshab County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran. It is administered from the city of Meshkan.[3]

At the National Census of 2006, its population (as a part of the former Khoshab District of Sabzevar County) was 10,607 in 2,660 households.[4] There were 5,078 inhabitants in 1,320 households at the following census of 2011, by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Khoshab County.[5] At the most recent census of 2016, the population of the rural district was 5,333 in 1,565 households. The largest of its 14 villages was Meshkan (now a city), [6] with 3,540 people.[2]

References

  1. ↑ OpenStreetMap contributors (3 May 2023). "Meshkan Rural District (Khoshab County)" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 09. Archived from the original (Excel) on 2 April 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. ↑ Mousavi, Mirhossein. "Creation and establishment of 15 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Nishapur County under Khorasan province". Islamic Parliament Research Center. Ministry of Interior, Board of Ministers. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  4. ↑ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 09. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  5. ↑ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)". Syracuse University (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 09. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  6. ↑ Fazli, Abdolreza Rahmani (17 December 2016). "Notification of the approval of the Ministry of Interior regarding the conversion of Meshkan village, the center of Meshkan District, Khoshab County, into a city". DOTIC (in Persian). Ministry of Interior. Archived from the original on 2 May 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
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