Zarqan Rural District

Not to be confused with Zarqan District.

For the administrative division of Fars province, see Zarqan County. For the city, see Zarqan.

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]

Zarqan Rural District Persian: دهستان زرقان
Rural District
Zarqan Rural District
Coordinates: 29°46′04″N 52°41′43″E[1]
Country	Iran
Province	Fars
County	Zarqan
District	Central
Capital	Lapui
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	1,092
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district's 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] The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 1,092 in 259 households. The most populous of its 30 villages was Karkhaneh-ye Shalubi (کارخانه شالي کوبي), with 833 people in 229 households.^[2]

In 2018, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Zarqan County, and the rural district was transferred to the new Central District.^[4]

See also

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