Eresk Explained
Eresk |
Native Name: | Persian: ارسك or ارسک |
Native Name Lang: | fa |
Settlement Type: | City |
Pushpin Map: | Iran |
Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Iran |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | South Khorasan |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Boshruyeh |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Eresk |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Total: | 2955 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | IRST |
Utc Offset: | +3:30 |
Eresk (Persian: ارسك or ارسک) is a city in, and the capital of, Eresk District of Boshruyeh County, South Khorasan province, Iran.[2] It also serves as the administrative center for Eresk Rural District.[3]
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, Eresk's population was 2,657 in 783 households, when it was a village in Eresk Rural District of the former Boshruyeh District of Ferdows County.[4] The following census in 2011 counted 2,954 people in 909 households,[5] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Boshruyeh County. The rural district was transferred to the new Eresk District,[2] and Eresk was elevated to the status of a city. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 2,955 people in 980 households.[6]
See also
Notes and References
- ((OpenStreetMap contributors)) . Eresk, Boshruyeh County . . 18 March 2023 . 18 March 2023 . fa.
- Web site: Boshruyeh District was upgraded to a county . https://web.archive.org/web/20231110002359/https://www.farsnews.ir/news/8708221124/بخش-بشرويه-به-شهرستان-ارتقا-يافت- . 10 November 2023 . Fars News . Ministry of Interior, Cabinet of Ministers . fa . 12 November 2008 . 10 November 2023.
- Web site: Creation and formation of six rural districts including villages, farms and places in a part of Ferdows County under Khorasan province . fa . Islamic Parliament Research Center of the Islamic Republic of Iran . https://web.archive.org/web/20100909163827/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110218 . Ministry of Interior, Board of Ministers . Mousavi . Mirhossein . 9 September 2010 . 28 December 2023.
- Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006) . 29 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 25 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110920092820/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/29.xls . Excel . 20 September 2011.
- Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011) . 29 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . Syracuse University . https://web.archive.org/web/20230120174134/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/South-Khorasan.xls . 20 January 2023 . 19 December 2022 . Excel.
- Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016) . 29 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 19 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201017050122/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_29.xlsx . Excel . 17 October 2020.