Esfandak

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

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|subdivision_name2 = Saravan

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|subdivision_name3 = Mehregan

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Esfandak ({{langx|fa|اسفندک}}) is a city in, and the capital of, Mehregan District of Saravan County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran.{{cite report|title=Letter of approval regarding the establishment of Mehregan District in Saravan County of 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/TreeText/263269|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226142944/https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/263269|archive-date=26 February 2023|last=Jahangiri|first=Ishaq|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|date=c. 2023|orig-date=Approved 13 August 1397|id=Proposal 133809|access-date=18 April 2023}} It also serves as the administrative center for Esfandak Rural District.{{cite report|title=Creation and formation of 13 rural districts including villages, farms and places mentioned in this approval in Saravan County under Sistan and Baluchestan province=fa|website=qavanin.ir|via=Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran|url=https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/131116|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220803115036/https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/131116|last=Mousavi|first=Mirhossein|archive-date=3 August 2022|date=c. 2022|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Cabinet of Ministers|orig-date=Approved 2 February 1366|id=Proposal 53/1/1/11474|access-date=30 December 2023}}{{efn|Formerly Kuhak-e Esfandak Rural District}}

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At the time of the 2006 National Census, Esfandak's population was 2,003 in 440 households, when it was a village in Kuhak-e Esfandak Rural District{{efn|Renamed Esfandak Rural District}} of Bam Pasht District.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Sistan and Baluchestan 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/11.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920083538/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/11.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}} The following census in 2011 counted 2,387 people in 587 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Sistan and Baluchestan 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/Sistan-and-Baluchestan.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221125114706/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Sistan-and-Baluchestan.xls|archive-date=25 November 2022|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}} The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 2,962 people in 725 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}}

In 2017, the rural district was separated from the district in the formation of Mehregan District In 2021, Esfandak was elevated to the status of a city.{{cite web|title=Three new municipalities will be established in Sistan and Baluchestan province|language=fa|website=shahrroosta.ir|url=https://shahrroosta.ir/3015/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231113015458/https://shahrroosta.ir/3015/|archive-date=13 November 2023|publisher=Ministry of the Interior|date=8 November 2021|access-date=13 November 2023}} and renamed Esfandak Rural District.

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Category:Cities in Sistan and Baluchestan province

Category:Populated places in Saravan County

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