Qorqori Explained

Qorqori
Native Name:Persian: قرقري
Native Name Lang:fa
Settlement Type:City
Pushpin Map:Iran
Coordinates Footnotes:[1]
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Iran
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Sistan and Baluchestan
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Hirmand
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Qorqori
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2016
Population Total:1329
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:IRST
Utc Offset:+3:30

Qorqori (Persian: قرقري) is a city in, and the capital of, Qorqori District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran.[2] It also serves as the administrative center for Qorqori Rural District.[3]

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, Qorqori's population was 919 in 189 households, when it was a village in Qorqori Rural District of the former Miyan Kongi District of Zabol County.[4] The following census in 2011 counted 1,287 people in 245 households,[5] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Hirmand County. Qorqori Rural District was transferred to the new Qorqori District.[2] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 1,329 people in 324 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.[6]

After the census, Qorqori was elevated to the status of a city.[7]

See also

Notes and References

  1. ((OpenStreetMap contributors)) . Qorqori, Hirmand County . . 11 April 2023 . 11 April 2023 . fa.
  2. Web site: Reforms of country divisions in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Zabol County . fa . Qavanin . https://web.archive.org/web/20230721111528/https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/119358 . Davodi . Parviz . 21 July 2023 . 18 September 1386 . Ministry of Interior, Board of Ministers . 31 December 2023.
  3. Web site: Creation of 16 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Zabol County under Sistan and Baluchestan province . fa . Islamic Parliament Research Center . https://web.archive.org/web/20160211055958/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110253 . 11 February 2016 . Ministry of Interior, Board of Ministers . Mousavi . Mirhossein . 29 December 2023.
  4. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006) . 11 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 25 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110920083538/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/11.xls . Excel . 20 September 2011.
  5. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011) . 11 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . Syracuse University . https://web.archive.org/web/20221125114706/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Sistan-and-Baluchestan.xls . 25 November 2022 . 19 December 2022 . Excel.
  6. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016) . 11 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 19 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211223104011/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_11.xlsx . Excel . 23 December 2021.
  7. Web site: Notification of the approval of the Ministry of Interior regarding the transformation of Qorqori village, the center of Qorqori District of Hirmand County, into a city . fa . Laws and Regulations Portal of Iran . https://web.archive.org/web/20211204172652/https://dotic.ir/news/1683 . 4 December 2021 . Fazli . Abdolreza Rahmani . Ministry of Interior . 21 December 1397 . 11 April 2023.