Zarqan Rural District
Persian: دهستان زرقان
Rural District
Zarqan Rural District is located in Iran
Zarqan Rural District
Zarqan Rural District
Coordinates: 29°46′04″N 52°41′43″E / 29.76778°N 52.69528°E / 29.76778; 52.69528[1]
Country Iran
ProvinceFars
CountyZarqan
DistrictCentral
CapitalLapui
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total1,092
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Zarqan Rural District (Persian: دهستان زرقان)[3] is in the Central District of Zarqan County, Fars province, Iran.[4] It is administered from the city of Lapui.[5]

At the National Census of 2006, its population (as a part of the former Zarqan District of Shiraz County) was 6,154 in 1,464 households.[6] There were 1,726 inhabitants in 77 households at the following census of 2011.[7] At the most recent census of 2016, the population of the rural district was 1,092 in 259 households.[2]

In July 2018, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Zarqan County, which was divided into two districts of two rural districts each, with the city of Zarqan as its capital.[4]

References

  1. ↑ OpenStreetMap contributors (1 October 2023). "Zarqan Rural District (Zarqan County)" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 07. Archived from the original (Excel) on 6 April 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. ↑ Iranian National Committee for Standardization of Geographical Names website (in Persian)
  4. 1 2 Jahangiri, Ishaq (10 July 2018). "Approval letter regarding country divisions of Zarqan District, Shiraz County, Fars province". Martyrdom of Imam Ali (AS) Research Center of the Islamic Council (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Council of Ministers. Archived from the original on 21 April 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  5. ↑ Mousavi, Mirhossein. "Creation and formation of 20 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Shiraz County under Fars province". Islamic Parliament Research Center of the Islamic Republic of Iran (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Council of Ministers. Archived from the original on 30 January 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  6. ↑ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 07. 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. 07. Archived from the original (Excel) on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
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