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Rig-e Malek

Coordinates: 28°45′16″N 61°41′51″E / 28.75444°N 61.69750°E / 28.75444; 61.69750
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For the administrative divisions, see Rig-e Malek District and Rig-e Malek Rural District. For other places with a similar name, see Rig and Malek.

Rig-e Malek
Persian: ریگ ملک
City
Rig-e Malek is located in Iran
Rig-e Malek
Rig-e Malek
Coordinates: 28°45′16″N 61°41′51″E / 28.75444°N 61.69750°E / 28.75444; 61.69750[1]
CountryIran
ProvinceSistan and Baluchestan
CountyMirjaveh
DistrictRig-e Malek
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total1,688
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Rig-e Malek (Persian: ریگ ملک)[a] is a city in, and the capital of, Rig-e Malek District of Mirjaveh County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran, and also serves as the administrative center for Rig-e Malek Rural District.[3]

Demographics

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Population

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At the time of the 2006 National Census, Rig-e Malek's population was 1,690 in 277 households, when it was a village in Ladiz Rural District of the former Mirjaveh District of Zahedan County.[4] The following census in 2011 counted 1,497 people in 313 households.[5] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 1,688 people in 410 households, by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Mirjaveh County. The rural district was transferred to the new Ladiz District, and Rig-e Malek was transferred to Rig-e Malek Rural District created in the new Rig-e Malek District.[3] It was the most populous village in its rural district.[2]

After the census, the village was elevated to the status of a city.[6]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Formerly Shahrak-e Rig-e Malek (شهرک ريگ ملک)

References

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  1. ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (15 April 2023). "Rig-e Malek, Mirjaveh County" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 15 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. ^ a b Rahimi, Mohammadreza. "Seven new counties were added to the map of country divisions". DOLAT (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Board of Ministers. Archived from the original on 8 January 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  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)". Syracuse University (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 11. Archived from the original (Excel) on 25 November 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  6. ^ Fazli, Abdolreza Rahmani (17 December 2018). "Notification of the resolution of the Ministry of Interior regarding the conversion of Rig-e Malek village, the center of Rig-e Malek District, Mirjaveh County, into a city". Laws and Regulations Portal of Iran (in Persian). Ministry of Interior. Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2023.


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