Darkas Rural District

{{Short description|Rural district in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran}}

{{for|the village|Darkas}}

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|settlement_type = Rural District

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|coordinates = {{Coord|25|53|13|N|61|29|56|E|dim:15km|display=inline,title}}

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|subdivision_name1 = Sistan and Baluchestan

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|subdivision_name2 = Dashtiari

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|subdivision_name3 = Bahu Kalat

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Darkas Rural District ({{langx|fa|دهستان درگس}}) is in Bahu Kalat District of Dashtiari County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. Its capital is the village of Darkas,{{cite report|title=Letter of approval regarding the national divisions of Chabahar County, Sistan and Baluchestan province|language=fa|website=qavanin.ir|via=Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran|url=https://qavanin.ir/Law/PrintText/267030|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407224635/https://qavanin.ir/Law/PrintText/267030|last=Jahangiri|first=Ishaq|archive-date=7 April 2023|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|date=c. 2023|orig-date=Approved 13 September 1398|id=Proposal 20047|access-date=7 April 2023}} whose population at the time of the 2016 National Census was 3,959 in 882 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Sistan and Baluchestan 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_11.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211223104011/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_11.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=23 December 2021}}