Yakhab Explained

Yakhab
Native Name:Persian: يخاب
Native Name Lang:fa
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Iran
Coordinates Footnotes:[1]
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Iran
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:South Khorasan
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Eshqabad
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Kuh Yakhab
Subdivision Type4:Rural District
Subdivision Name4:Kuh Yakhab
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2016
Population Total:185
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:IRST
Utc Offset:+3:30

Yakhab (Persian: يخاب) is a village in, and the capital of, Kuh Yakhab Rural District of Kuh Yakhab District, Eshqabad County, South Khorasan province, Iran. The previous capital of the rural district was the village of Tappeh Taq.[2]

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 198 in 45 households, when it was in the former Dastgerdan District of Tabas County, Yazd province.[3] The following census in 2011 counted 174 people in 41 households.[4] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 185 people in 47 households,[5] by which time the county had been separated from the province to join South Khorasan province.[6]

In July 2024, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Eshqabad County,[7] and the rural district was transferred to the new Kuh Yakhab District.

See also

Notes and References

  1. ((OpenStreetMap contributors)) . Yakhab, Eshqabad County . . 10 August 2024 . 10 August 2024 . fa.
  2. Web site: Approval of the establishment of 27 rural districts in the provinces of Khorasan, Sistan and Baluchestan, Mazandaran, Tehran, Yazd, and Hormozgan . fa . Qavanin . https://web.archive.org/web/20230419094814/https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/93097 . Ministry of Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Council . Habibi . Hassan . 19 April 2023 . 20 December 2023.
  3. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006) . 21 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 25 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110920085705/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/21.xls . Excel . 20 September 2011.
  4. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011) . 21 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . Syracuse University . https://web.archive.org/web/20230120180437/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Yazd.xls . 20 January 2023. 19 December 2022 . Excel.
  5. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016) . 29 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 19 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201017050122/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_29.xlsx . Excel . 17 October 2020.
  6. Web site: Approval letter regarding the abstraction of Tabas County from Yazd province and its annexation to South Khorasan province . https://web.archive.org/web/20130529134641/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/839188 . 29 May 2013 . 19 December 2013 . Research Center of the System of Laws of the Islamic Council of the Farabi Library . Ministry of Interior, Council of Ministers . Rahimi . Mohammad Reza . fa . 25 November 2023.
  7. Web site: Eshqabad became the twelfth county of South Khorasan . fa . irna.ir . https://web.archive.org/web/20240726094928/https://www.irna.ir/news/85549238/عشق-آباد-دوازدهمین-شهرستان-خراسان-جنوبی-شد . Ministry of Interior, Cabinet of Ministers . 26 July 2024 . 26 July 2024 . 9 August 2024.