Meshkan Rural District (Khoshab County) Explained

Meshkan Rural District
Native Name:Persian: دهستان مشکان
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:Razavi Khorasan
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Khoshab
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Meshkan
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Meshkan
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2016
Population Total:5333
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:IRST
Utc Offset:+3:30

Meshkan Rural District (Persian: دهستان مشکان) is in Meshkan District of Khoshab County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran. It is administered from the city of Meshkan.[2]

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district's population (as a part of the former Khoshab District of Sabzevar County) was 10,607 in 2,660 households.[3] There were 5,078 inhabitants in 1,320 households at the following census of 2011, by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Khoshab County. The rural district was transferred to the new Meshkan District.[4] The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 5,333 in 1,565 households. The most populous of its 14 villages was Meshkan (now a city),[5] with 3,540 people.[6]

See also

Notes and References

  1. ((OpenStreetMap contributors)) . Meshkan Rural District (Khoshab County) . . 3 May 2023 . 3 May 2023 . fa.
  2. Web site: Mousavi . Mirhossein . Creation and establishment of 15 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Nishapur County under Khorasan province . https://web.archive.org/web/20151117025956/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110250 . Islamic Parliament Research Center . Ministry of Interior, Board of Ministers . 3 January 2024 . 17 November 2015.
  3. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006) . 09 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 25 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110920095433/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/09.xls . Excel . 20 September 2011.
  4. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011) . 09 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . Syracuse University . https://web.archive.org/web/20230120012029/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Razavi-Khorasan.xls . 20 January 2023 . 19 December 2022 . Excel.
  5. Web site: Notification of the approval of the Ministry of Interior regarding the conversion of Meshkan village, the center of Meshkan District, Khoshab County, into a city . fa . DOTIC . https://web.archive.org/web/20230502200739/https://dotic.ir/news/1679 . Fazli . Abdolreza Rahmani . 2 May 2023 . Ministry of Interior . 17 December 2016 . 2 May 2023.
  6. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016) . 09 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 19 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220402213121/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_09.xlsx . Excel . 2 April 2022.