Khursand Rural District

{{Short description|Rural district in Kerman province, Iran}}

{{for|the city|Khursand}}

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Khursand Rural District ({{langx|fa|دهستان خورسند}}) is in the Central District of Shahr-e Babak County, Kerman province, Iran.{{cite report|title=Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of Kerman province, centered in the city of Kerman|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/113033|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240130210435/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/113033|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Council|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|archive-date=30 January 2024|date=c. 2024|orig-date=Approved 21 June 1369|id=Proposal 3233.1.5.53; Letter 907-93808; Notification 82812/T139K|access-date=30 January 2024}} It is administered from the city of Khursand.{{cite report|title=Creation and formation of nine rural districts including villages, farms and places in Shahr-e Babak County under Kerman province|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Islamic Parliament Research Center of the Islamic Republic of Iran|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110362|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227092237/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110362|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|last=Mousavi|first=Mirhossein|archive-date=27 February 2017|date=9 March 2015|orig-date=Approved 18 May 1366|id=Proposal 53.1.1158; Notification 4048/T953|access-date=31 January 2024}}

Demographics

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At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district's population was 13,057 in 2,887 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Kerman 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/08.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920093605/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/08.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}} There were 5,042 inhabitants in 1,347 households at the following census of 2011.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Kerman 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/Kerman.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329231518/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Kerman.xls|archive-date=29 March 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}} The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 5,065 in 1,431 households. The most populous of its 99 villages was Muruiyeh, with 1,469 people.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Kerman 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_08.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020091047/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_08.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=20 October 2020}}

See also

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References

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{{Kerman Province|state=collapsed}}

{{Shahr-e Babak County|state=collapsed}}

Category:Rural Districts of Kerman province

Category:Populated places in Shahr-e Babak County

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