Bakrabad Rural District Explained

Bakrabad Rural District
Native Name:Persian: دهستان بكرآباد
Settlement Type:Rural District
Pushpin Map:Iran
Coordinates:38.6592°N 46.6783°W
Coordinates Footnotes:[1]
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Iran
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:East Azerbaijan
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Varzaqan
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Central
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Bakrabad
Population Total:3059
Population As Of:2016
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:IRST
Utc Offset:+3:30

Bakrabad Rural District (Persian: دهستان بكرآباد) is in the Central District of Varzaqan County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran.[2] Its capital is the village of Bakrabad.[3]

History

On 19 May 2024, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and other government officials were killed in a helicopter crash in this district.[4]

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district's population was 3,000 in 687 households.[5] There were 2,896 inhabitants in 821 households at the following census of 2011.[6] The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 3,059 in 984 households. The most populous of its 21 villages was Bakrabad, with 717 people.[7]

See also

Notes and References

  1. ((OpenStreetMap contributors)) . Bakrabad Rural District (Varzaqan County) . . 5 April 2023 . 5 April 2023 . fa.
  2. Web site: Approval letter regarding the abstraction of Varzaqan and Kharvana Districts from Ahar County and its transformation into Arsbaran County . fa . Islamic Parliament Research Center . https://web.archive.org/web/20130614031725/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/121377 . 14 June 2013 . Ministry of Interior, Council of Ministers . Aref . Mohammad Reza . 6 December 2023.
  3. Web site: Approval of reforms in the rural areas of East Azerbaijan province . fa . Islamic Parliament Research Center . https://web.archive.org/web/20151114040253/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/112813 . 14 November 2015 . Ministry of Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board . Habibi . Hassan . 3 March 1369 . 27 November 2023.
  4. Web site: Picheta. Rob. Mahmoodi. Negar. Artemis. Moshtaghian. Tamara. Qiblawi. Sophie. Tanno. Helen. Regan. and. 20 May 2024. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and foreign minister confirmed dead in helicopter crash. 20 May 2024. CNN. 20 May 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240520171425/https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/19/middleeast/iran-ebrahim-raisi-crash-intl-hnk/index.html. live.
  5. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006) . 03 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 25 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110920092432/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/03.xls . Excel . 20 September 2011.
  6. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011) . Syracuse University . 03 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . https://web.archive.org/web/20230116202318/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/East-Azerbaijan.xls . 16 January 2023. 19 December 2022 . Excel.
  7. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016) . 03 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 19 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201113123618/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_03.xlsx . Excel . 13 November 2020.

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