Alan Rural District
{{Short description|Rural district in West Azerbaijan province, Iran}}
{{for|other uses of a similar name|Alan (disambiguation){{!}}Alan}}
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|subdivision_name2 = Sardasht
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Alan Rural District ({{langx|fa|دهستان آلان}}){{IranNCSGN}} is in the Central District of Sardasht County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran.{{cite report|title=Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of West Azerbaijan province, centered in the city of Urmia|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/113037|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231220192713/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/113037|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Council|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|orig-date=Approved 21 June 1369|date=c. 2023|id=Notification 82808/T137|archive-date=20 December 2023|access-date=20 December 2023}} Its capital is the village of Eslamabad.{{cite report|title=Creation and formation of six rural districts including villages, farms and places in Sardasht County under West Azerbaijan province|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Islamic Parliament Research Center of the Islamic Republic of Iran|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110544|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180205052600/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110544|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Board of Ministers|last=Mousavi|first=Mirhossein|archive-date=5 February 2018|access-date=21 December 2023|date=16 February 2016|orig-date=Approved 9 April 1366|id=Proposal 53.1.6004; Notification 73502/T898}}
Demographics
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At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district's population was 4,489 in 939 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): West Azerbaijan Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/04.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920094953/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/04.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}} There were 4,756 inhabitants in 1,236 households at the following census of 2011.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): West Azerbaijan Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=irandataportal.syr.edu|via=Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University|url=https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/West-Azerbaijan.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230120205939/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/West-Azerbaijan.xls|archive-date=20 January 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}} The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 4,907 in 1,431 households. The most populous of its 51 villages was Eslamabad, with 1,056 people.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): West Azerbaijan Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_04.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830042935/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_04.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=30 August 2022}}
See also
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{{West Azerbaijan Province|state=collapsed}}
{{Sardasht County|state=collapsed}}
Category:Rural Districts of West Azerbaijan province
Category:Populated places in Sardasht County
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