Kakan Rural District Explained

Kakan Rural District
Native Name:Persian: دهستان كاكان
Native Name Lang:fa
Settlement Type:Rural District
Pushpin Map:Iran
Coordinates Footnotes:[1]
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Iran
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Boyer-Ahmad
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Central
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Mansurkhani
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2016
Population Total:1708
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:IRST
Utc Offset:+3:30

Kakan Rural District (Persian: دهستان كاكان) is in the Central District of Boyer-Ahmad County, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, Iran. Its capital is the village of Mansurkhani.[2] The previous capital of the rural district was the village of Abbas Ali Khani.[3]

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district's population was 2,281 in 497 households.[4] There were 1,975 inhabitants in 488 households at the following census of 2011.[5] The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 1,708 in 502 households. The most populous of its 24 villages was Mansurkhani, with 390 people.[6]

History

The district was buried, leaving no survivors, during the 1972 Iran blizzard.[7]

See also

Notes and References

  1. ((OpenStreetMap contributors)) . Kakan Rural District (Boyer-Ahmad County) . . 12 August 2023 . 12 August 2023 . fa.
  2. Web site: Divisional changes and reforms in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province . fa . Lamtakam . https://web.archive.org/web/20240125153752/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/124608 . Ministry of Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Board . Aref . Mohammad Reza . 25 January 2024 . 25 January 2024.
  3. Web site: Creation of 48 rural districts in several rural areas of the country . fa . Qavanin . https://web.archive.org/web/20181128180208/https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/93557 . Habibi . Hassan . 28 November 2018 . Ministry of Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Council . 12 December 1371 . 2 January 2024.
  4. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006) . 17 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 25 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110920094811/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/17.xls . Excel . 20 September 2011.
  5. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011) . 17 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . Syracuse University . https://web.archive.org/web/20230119003203/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Kohgiluyeh-and-Buyer-Ahmad.xls . 19 January 2023 . 19 December 2022 . Excel.
  6. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016) . 17 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 19 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211102075451/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_17.xlsx . Excel . 2 November 2021.
  7. News: Edwards . Haley Sweetland . 40 Years Ago, Iran Was Hit by the Deadliest Blizzard in History . 9 August 2019 . . February 7, 2012.