Naseriyeh Rural District should not be confused with Naseriyeh District.
Naseriyeh Rural District | |
Native Name: | Persian: دهستان ناصریه |
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: | Kerman |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Gonbaki |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Naseriyeh |
Seat Type: | Capital |
Seat: | Mehdiabad-e Olya |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Total: | 14181 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | IRST |
Utc Offset: | +3:30 |
Naseriyeh Rural District (Persian: دهستان ناصریه) is in Naseriyeh District of Gonbaki County, Kerman province, Iran. Its capital is the village of Mehdiabad-e Olya.[2] The rural district's previous capital was the village of Naseriyeh.[3]
After the 2006 National Census, Gavkan, Gonbaki, and Rigan Rural Districts, and the city of Mohammadabad, were separated from Bam County in the establishment of Rigan County. Naseriyeh Rural District was created in the new Gonbaki District.[3]
In 2023, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Gonbaki County, and the rural district was transferred to the new Naseriyeh District.[2]
At the time of the 2011 census, the rural district's population (as a part of the former Gonbaki District of Rigan County) was 12,395 in 3,327 households.[4] The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 14,181 in 4,210 households. The most populous of its 98 villages was Aliabad-e Mohammad Qasem Khan, with 1,196 people.[5]