Azghan Rural District
{{Short description|Rural district in East Azerbaijan province, Iran}}
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Azghan Rural District ({{langx|fa|دهستان آذغان}}){{IranNCSGN}} is in the Central District of Ahar County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran.{{cite report|title=Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of East Azerbaijan province, centered in the city of Tabriz|language=fa|website=qavanin.ir|via=Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran|url=https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/98949|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023220800/https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/98949|publisher=Ministry of Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Council|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|archive-date=23 October 2021|orig-date=Approved 21 June 1369|id=Resolution 93808/T907|date=c. 2021|access-date=21 February 2024}} Its capital is the village of Azghan.{{cite report|title=Creation and formation of 30 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Ahar County under East Azerbaijan province|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Islamic Council Research Center|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/108030|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101026110716/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/108030|archive-date=26 October 2010|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Board of Ministers|last=Mousavi|first=Mirhossein|orig-date=Approved 18 May 1366|date=c. 2010|id=Notification 115730/T835|access-date=29 November 2023}}
Demographics
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At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district's population was 7,100 in 1,609 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): East 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/03.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920092432/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/03.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}} There were 6,314 inhabitants in 1,688 households at the following census of 2011.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): East Azerbaijan Province|website=irandataportal.syr.edu|via=Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|url=https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/East-Azerbaijan.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116202318/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/East-Azerbaijan.xls|archive-date=16 January 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}} The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 6,204 in 1,901 households. The most populous of its 27 villages was Azghan, with 1,011 people.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): East 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_03.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113123618/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_03.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=13 November 2020}}
Other villages in the rural district include Kangolabad, Kasanaq, Rashtabad-e Qadim, and Ravasjan.
See also
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{{Ahar County|state=collapsed}}
Category:Rural Districts of East Azerbaijan province
Category:Populated places in Ahar County
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