Gafr Rural District

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|subdivision_name1 = Hormozgan

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|subdivision_name2 = Bashagard

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|subdivision_name3 = Gafr and Parmon

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Gafr Rural District ({{langx|fa|دهستان گافر}}) is in Gafr and Parmon District of Bashagard County, Hormozgan province, Iran. Its capital is the village of Sit.{{cite report|title=Divisional changes and reforms in Hormozgan province|language=fa|website=qavanin.ir|via=Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran|url=https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/121746|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230906144613/https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/121746|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Board of Ministers|last=Davodi|first=Parviz|archive-date=6 September 2023|date=c. 2023|orig-date=Approved 28 July 1387|id=Proposal 1/4/42/91511|access-date=6 September 2023}}

History

After the 2006 National Census, Bashagard District was separated from Jask County in the establishment of Bashagard County, and Gafr Rural District was created in the new Gafr and Parmon District.

Demographics

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At the time of the 2011 census, the rural district's population was 3,220 in 893 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Hormozgan 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/Hormozgan.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117182750/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Hormozgan.xls|archive-date=17 January 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}} The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 2,808 in 762 households. The most populous of its 34 villages was Akharan, with 334 people.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Hormozgan 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_22.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220505014212/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_22.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=5 May 2022}}

References

Category:Rural Districts of Hormozgan province

Category:Populated places in Bashagard County

Gafr Rural District

History

Demographics

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