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Ashar Rural District

Coordinates: 26°40′20″N 61°41′25″E / 26.67222°N 61.69028°E / 26.67222; 61.69028
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Not to be confused with Ashar District.
For the city, see Ashar.

Ashar Rural District
Persian: دهستان آشار
Rural District
Ashar Rural District is located in Iran
Ashar Rural District
Ashar Rural District
Coordinates: 26°40′20″N 61°41′25″E / 26.67222°N 61.69028°E / 26.67222; 61.69028[1]
Country Iran
ProvinceSistan and Baluchestan
CountyMehrestan
DistrictAshar
CapitalAshar
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total10,130
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Ashar Rural District (Persian: دهستان آشار)[3] is in Ashar District of Mehrestan County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Ashar.

At the National Census of 2006, its population was 7,884 in 1,552 households, when it was a part of Sarbaz County.[4] There were 12,137 inhabitants in 2,727 households at the following census of 2011, by which time the district had been separated from the county to become a part of the newly established Zaboli County (renamed Mehrestan County).[5][6] At the most recent census of 2016, the population of the rural district was 10,130 in 2,443 households. The largest of its 33 villages was Ashar (now a city),[7] with 3,786 people.[2]

References

  1. ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (14 April 2023). "Ashar Rural District (Mehrestan County)" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 11. Archived from the original (Excel) on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. ^ Iranian National Committee for Standardization of Geographical Names website (in Persian)
  4. ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 11. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)" (Excel). Iran Data Portal (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 11. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  6. ^ "Zaboli became Mehrestan". Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) (in Persian). 21 September 2013. Archived from the original on 18 January 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  7. ^ Fazli, Abdolreza Rahmani (21 September 2018). "Notification of the approval of the Ministry of Interior regarding the transformation of Ashar village, the capital of Ashar District of Mehrestan County, into a city". Laws and Regulations Portal of Iran (in Persian). Ministry of Interior. Archived from the original on 14 April 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2023.


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