Central District (Nir County)
{{Short description|District in Ardabil province, Iran}}
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| seat = Nir
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| subdivision_name1 = Ardabil
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| subdivision_name2 = Nir
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| population_as_of = 2016
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The Central District of Nir County ({{langx|fa|بخش مرکزی شهرستان نیر}}) is in Ardabil province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Nir.{{cite report|title=Divisional reforms in Ardabil province|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/116810|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240229003939/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/116810|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|orig-date=Approved 26 December 1375|date=c. 2024|archive-date=29 February 2024|access-date=29 February 2024|id=Notification 50339-17889AH}}
History
Yurchi-ye Gharbi Rural District was separated from Kuraim District to join the Central District in 2019.{{cite report|title=Cancellation of paragraph (a) of letter of approval No. 232800/T41576K dated 25/11/1388 regarding national divisions in Ardabil province|language=fa|website=qavanin.ir|via=Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran|url=https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/264293|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190707064129/https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/264293|last=Jahangiri|first=Ishaq|archive-date=7 July 2019|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|date=c. 2019|orig-date=Approved 4 July 2017|access-date=24 August 2024|id=Amendment to 232800/T41576K}}
Demographics
=Population=
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the district's population was 12,607 in 3,043 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Ardabil 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/24.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920094514/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/24.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}} The following census in 2011 counted 13,348 people in 3,661 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Ardabil 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/Ardabil.xls |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115211527/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Ardabil.xls |archive-date=15 January 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}} The 2016 census measured the population of the district as 12,190 inhabitants living in 3,720 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Ardabil 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_24.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322123220/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_24.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=22 March 2019}}
=Administrative divisions=
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|+ Central District (Nir County) Population | |||
| Administrative Divisions | 2006 | 2011 | 2016 |
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| Dursun Khvajeh RD | style="text-align: right;"| 5,267 | style="text-align: right;"| 5,021 | style="text-align: right;"| 4,132 |
| Rezaqoli-ye Qeshlaq RD | style="text-align: right;"| 2,522 | style="text-align: right;"| 2,507 | style="text-align: right;"| 2,185 |
| Yurchi-ye Gharbi RD{{efn|Transferred from Kuraim District after the 2016 census}} | style="text-align: right;"| | style="text-align: right;"| | style="text-align: right;"| |
| Nir (city) | style="text-align: right;"| 4,818 | style="text-align: right;"| 5,820 | style="text-align: right;"| 5,873 |
| Total | style="text-align: right;"| 12,607 | style="text-align: right;"| 13,348 | style="text-align: right;"| 12,190 |
| colspan=4 | {{small|RD {{=}} Rural District}} |
See also
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{{Ardabil Province|state=collapsed}}
{{Nir County|state=collapsed}}
Category:Districts of Ardabil province
Category:Populated places in Nir County
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