Rask County Explained

Rask County
Native Name:Persian: شهرستان راسک
Settlement Type:County
Image Map1:IranSistanBaluchistan-SVG.svg
Map Caption1:Location of Sistan and Baluchestan province in Iran
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Sistan and Baluchestan
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Rask
Parts Type:Districts
Parts Style:para
P1:Central
P2:Parud
P3:Pishin
Coordinates:26.1658°N 61.7453°W
Coordinates Footnotes:[1]
Timezone:IRST
Utc Offset:+3:30

Rask County (Persian: شهرستان راسک) is in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Rask, whose population at the time of the 2016 National Census was 10,115 people in 2,411 households.[2]

History

After the 2016 census, Parud District, Pishin District, Jakigur Rural District, Rask and Firuzabad Rural District, and the city of Rask were separated from Sarbaz County in the establishment of Rask County, which was divided into three districts of two rural districts each, with Rask as its capital. The village of Parud was elevated to the status of a city.[3]

Demographics

Administrative divisions

Rask County's administrative structure is shown in the following table.

Rask County
Administrative Divisions
Central District
Jakigur RD
Rask and Firuzabad RD
Rask (city)
Parud District
Murtan RD
Parud RD
Parud (city)
Pishin District
Pishin RD
Zardban RD
Pishin (city)

See also

Notes and References

  1. ((OpenStreetMap contributors)) . Rask County . . 17 April 2023 . 17 April 2023 . fa.
  2. 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.
  3. Web site: Notification of the approval of the Ministry of Interior regarding the transformation of Parud village, the center of Parud District of Sarbaz County, into a city . fa . Laws and Regulations Portal of Iran . https://web.archive.org/web/20230417191209/https://dotic.ir/news/1657 . 17 April 2023 . Fazli . Abdolreza Rahmani . Ministry of Interior . 21 September 1397 . 17 April 2023.