Balvard Rural District

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|subdivision_name1 = Kerman

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|subdivision_name2 = Sirjan

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Balvard Rural District ({{langx|fa|دهستان بلورد}}) is in Balvard District of Sirjan County, 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 is administered from the city of Balvard.{{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}}

Demographics

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At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district's population (as a part of the Central District) was 4,927 in 1,127 households.{{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}} There were 5,711 inhabitants in 1,571 households at the following census of 2011,{{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 of the rural district as 3,621 in 1,134 households. The most populous of its 116 villages was Kahn-e Siyah, with 328 people.{{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}}

References

Category:Rural Districts of Kerman province

Category:Populated places in Sirjan County

Balvard Rural District

Demographics

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