Balvard District
{{Short description|District in Kerman province, Iran}}
{{distinguish|Balvard Rural District}}{{for|the city|Balvard}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}
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| native_name = {{langx|fa|بخش بلورد}}
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| settlement_type = District
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| coordinates = {{Coord|29|29|55|N|56|09|29|E|dim:30km|display=inline,title}}
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Iran
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = Kerman
| subdivision_type2 = County
| subdivision_name2 = Sirjan
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| seat_type = Capital
| seat = Balvard
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| population_total = 11473
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Balvard District ({{langx|fa|بخش بلورد}}) is in Sirjan County, Kerman province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Balvard.{{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}}
History
In 2010, Balvard and Chahar Gonbad Rural Districts were separated from the Central District in the formation of Balvard District. After the 2011 National Census, the village of Balvard was 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}}
Demographics
=Population=
At the time of the 2011 census, the district's population was 2,204 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}} The 2016 census measured the population of the district as 11,473 inhabitants in 3,623 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}}
=Administrative divisions=
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| Administrative Divisions | 2011 | 2016 |
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| Balvard RD | style="text-align: right;"| 5,711 | style="text-align: right;"| 3,621 |
| Chahar Gonbad RD | style="text-align: right;"| 2,072 | style="text-align: right;"| 4,318 |
| Balvard (city) | style="text-align: right;"| | style="text-align: right;"| 3,534 |
| Total | style="text-align: right;"| 7,783 | style="text-align: right;"| 11,473 |
| colspan=3 | {{small|RD {{=}} Rural District}} |
See also
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{{Kerman Province|state=collapsed}}
{{Sirjan County|state=collapsed}}
Category:Districts of Kerman province
Category:Populated places in Sirjan County
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