Irafshan

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

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|subdivision_name1 = Sistan and Baluchestan

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|subdivision_name2 = Mehrestan

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|subdivision_name3 = Afshar

|subdivision_type4 = Rural District

|subdivision_name4 = Irafshan

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Irafshan ({{langx|fa|ايرافشان}}){{efn|Also romanized as Īrafshān; also known as Eskandar, Qal‘eyh-ye Īrafshān, Sekandar, and Sīkandar{{GEOnet3|-3067248|Irafshan}}}} is a village in, and the capital of, Irafshan Rural District{{cite report|title=Approval regarding the definitions and regulations of Iranshahr divisions|language=fa|website=qavanin.ir|via=Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran|url=https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/130770|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220711221000/https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/130770|last=Mousavi|first=Mirhossein|archive-date=11 July 2022|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Board of Ministers|date=c. 2022|orig-date=Approved 18 August 1365|id=Proposal 7299/1/5/53|access-date=10 November 2023}} of Ashar District, Mehrestan County,{{efn|Formerly Zaboli County{{cite news|title=Some changes in the map of the national divisions of Sistan and Baluchestan and Alborz provinces|language=fa|website=dolat.ir|via=Secretariat of the Government Information Council|url=http://www.dolat.ir/NSite/FullStory/News/?Serv=1&Id=209282|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120709161343/http://www.dolat.ir/NSite/FullStory/News/?Serv=1&Id=209282|last=Rahimi|first=Mohammad Reza|archive-date=9 July 2012|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political and Defense Commission|date=9 July 2012|access-date=14 April 2023}}}} Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran.

Demographics

=Population=

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 602 in 106 households, when it was in Sarbaz County.{{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 738 people in 178 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}} by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Zaboli County.{{cite report|title=The approval letter of the Ministers of the Political-Defense Commission of the Government Board regarding some changes and divisions of the country in Sistan and Baluchestan province|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/132611|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230164701/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/132611|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Board|last=Davodi|first=Parviz|archive-date=30 December 2023|date=c. 2023|orig-date=Approved 29 July 1386|id=Proposal 93023/42/1/4; Letter 58538/T26118H; Notification 161431/T38028K|access-date=30 December 2023}}{{efn|Renamed Mehrestan County}} The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 789 people in 209 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.{{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}}

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Category:Populated places in Mehrestan County

Irafshan

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