Balvard

{{for|the administrative divisions|Balvard District|Balvard Rural District}}

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| native_name = {{langx|fa|بَلورد}}

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| coordinates = {{Coord|29|42|13|N|56|04|56|E|dim:7km|display=outline,title}}

| coordinates_footnotes = {{Cite map |author=((OpenStreetMap contributors)) |url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=29.420278&mlon=56.048889&zoom=19#map=15/29.42028/56.04889|website=OpenStreetMap |title=Balvard, Sirjan County|date=27 April 2025|access-date=27 April 2025|lang=fa}}

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| subdivision_name = Iran

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Kerman

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Sirjan

| subdivision_type3 = District

| subdivision_name3 = Balvard

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| elevation_m = 2034

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| population_as_of = 2016

| population_total = 3534

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| timezone = IRST

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| postal_code = 78331

| area_code = 2927

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Balvard ({{langx|fa|بلورد}}){{efn|Also known as Balvareh{{GEOnet3|-3055034|Balvard}}}} is a city in Kerman province, Iran.{{cite report|title=Letter of approval regarding the creation of Balvard District centered on Balvard village from the combination of Balvard and Chahar Gonbad Rural Districts in the citizenship of Sirjan County in Kerman province|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/789997|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231125203834/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/789997|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political and Defense Commission|last=Rahimi|first=Mohammad Reza|archive-date=25 November 2023|date=c. 2023|orig-date=Approved 30 September 1389|id=Proposal 81549/42/1/4/1; Letter 158802/T38854H; Notification 217640/T45232K|access-date=30 January 2024}} It also serves as the administrative center for Balvard Rural District.{{cite report|title=Creation and formation of nine rural districts including villages, farms and places in Sirjan County under Kerman province|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Islamic Parliament Research Center|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110339|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609011603/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110339|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|last=Mousavi|first=Mirhossein|archive-date=9 June 2011|date=19 March 1390|orig-date=Approved 18 May 1366|id=Proposal 1137.1.5.53; Notification 116646/T880|access-date=30 January 2024}}This city is located on {{Jct|country=IRN|Road|88}}.

Demographics

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At the time of the 2006 National Census, Balvard's population was 3,173 in 692 households, when it was a village in Balvard Rural District of the Central District.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Kerman 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/08.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920093605/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/08.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}} The following census in 2011 counted 3,488 people in 922 households,{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Kerman 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/Kerman.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329231518/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Kerman.xls|archive-date=29 March 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}} by which time the rural district had been separated from the district in the formation of Balvard District. The 2016 census measured the population as 3,534 people in 1,109 households,{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Kerman 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_08.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020091047/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_08.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=20 October 2020}} when the village had been elevated to the status of a city.{{cite report|title=Approval letter regarding the conversion of Balvard village, the center of Balvard District of Sirjan County in Kerman province, into a city|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Research Center of the System of Laws of the Islamic Council of the Farabi Library of Mobile Users|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/839182|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618232959/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/839182|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political and Defense Commission|last=Rahimi|first=Mohammad Reza|archive-date=18 June 2013|date=29 March 2013|orig-date=Approved 25 November 1391|id=Proposal 97845/42/1/1; Letter 158802/T38854H; Notification 252303/T48591K|access-date=30 January 2024}}

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Category:Cities in Kerman province

Category:Populated places in Sirjan County

Balvard

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