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Konarak County

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

{{for|the city|Konarak, Iran{{!}}Konarak}}

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Konarak County ({{langx|fa|شهرستان کنارک}}) is in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Konarak.{{cite report|title=Divisional reforms in Konarak County of Sistan and Baluchestan province|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/125265|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231231205954/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/125265|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Board|last=Aref|first=Mohammad Reza|archive-date=31 December 2023|date=c. 2023|orig-date=Approved 27 December 1383|id=Proposal 1.4.42.138685; Letter 58538/T26118H; Notification 25736/T32686K|access-date=31 December 2023}}

History

After the 2006 National Census, the village of Jahelu was elevated to city status as Zarabad.{{cite web|title=Approval letter regarding the conversion of Jahelu village, the center of Zarabad District, under the citizenship of Chabahar County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, to Zarabad city|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/135718|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231229205357/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/135718|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political and Defense Commission|last=Davodi|first=Parviz|archive-date=29 December 2023|date=c. 2023|orig-date=Approved 10 January 1387|id=Proposal 1/4/42/138682; Letter 158802/T38854H; Notification|access-date=29 December 2023}}

After the 2016 census, Zarabad District{{efn|Renamed the Central District of Zarabad County}} was separated from the county in the establishment of Zarabad County. At the same time, Bansont Rural District was created in the Central District, and Kahir Rural District was separated from it in the formation of Kahir District, including the new Tang Rural District.{{cite report|title=Approval regarding the national divisions in the counties of Dashtiari, Chabahar and Konarak in Sistan and Baluchestan province|language=fa|website=sdil.ac.ir|via=Shahr Danesh Legal Research Institute|url=https://sdil.ac.ir/مصوبات-هیأت-دولت-دهه-سوم-تیر-1400/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924232233/https://sdil.ac.ir/مصوبات-هیأت-دولت-دهه-سوم-تیر-1400/|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Cabinet of Ministers|last=Jahangiri|first=Ishaq|archive-date=24 September 2021|date=12 September 2021|orig-date=Approved 13 April 1400|id=Proposal 160986; Notification 40833/T58355AH|access-date=1 February 2025}} The new city of Shahr-e Jadid-e Tis was formed in the Central District.{{cite news|title=The beginning of populating the new cities of Tis, Makran and the Persian Gulf in 1403|language=fa|website=newspaper.ireconomy.com|via=Iran Economic Newspaper|url=https://newspaper.ireconomy.com/106/7/6657|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231121173612/https://newspaper.ireconomy.com/106/7/6657|archive-date=21 November 2023|publisher=Iran Cultural-Press Institute|date=30 November 1402|access-date=21 November 2023}}

Demographics

=Population=

At the time of the 2006 census, the county's population was 68,605 in 31,449 households.{{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 82,001 people in 18,704 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 county as 98,212 in 23,600 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}}

=Administrative divisions=

Konarak County's population history and administrative structure over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.

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|+ Konarak County Population

Administrative Divisions200620112016
Central Districtstyle="text-align: right;"| 53,113style="text-align: right;"| 64,474style="text-align: right;"| 78,015
style="padding-left: 1em;" | Bansont RD{{efn|name=fn1|Established after the 2016 census}}style="text-align: right;"|style="text-align: right;"|style="text-align: right;"|
style="padding-left: 1em;" | Jahliyan RDstyle="text-align: right;"| 13,629style="text-align: right;"| 17,789style="text-align: right;"| 21,361
style="padding-left: 1em;" | Kahir RDstyle="text-align: right;"| 10,799style="text-align: right;"| 11,055style="text-align: right;"| 13,396
style="padding-left: 1em;" | Konarak (city)style="text-align: right;"| 28,685style="text-align: right;"| 35,630style="text-align: right;"| 43,258
style="padding-left: 1em;" | Shahr-e Jadid-e Tis (city){{efn|Established after the 2016 census}}style="text-align: right;"|style="text-align: right;"|style="text-align: right;"|
Kahir District{{efn|name=fn1}}style="text-align: right;"|style="text-align: right;"|style="text-align: right;"|
style="padding-left: 1em;" | Kahir RDstyle="text-align: right;"|style="text-align: right;"|style="text-align: right;"|
style="padding-left: 1em;" | Tang RD{{efn|name=fn1}}style="text-align: right;"|style="text-align: right;"|style="text-align: right;"|
Zarabad District{{efn|Transferred to Zarabad County}}style="text-align: right;"| 15,492style="text-align: right;"| 17,527style="text-align: right;"| 20,197
style="padding-left: 1em;" | Zarabad-e Gharbi RD{{efn|Formerly Zarabad Rural District{{cite report|title=Resolution regarding divisional reforms in 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/103398|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306064201/https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/103398|last=Aref|first=Mohammad Reza|archive-date=6 March 2022|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Board|date=c. 2022|orig-date=Approved 1 March 1381|id=Proposal 104252/42/1; Letter 58538/T26118H|access-date=31 December 2023}}}}style="text-align: right;"| 8,997style="text-align: right;"| 8,614style="text-align: right;"| 8,983
style="padding-left: 1em;" | Zarabad-e Sharqi RDstyle="text-align: right;"| 6,495style="text-align: right;"| 5,691style="text-align: right;"| 7,211
style="padding-left: 1em;" | Zarabad (city)style="text-align: right;"|style="text-align: right;"| 3,222style="text-align: right;"| 4,003
Totalstyle="text-align: right;"| 68,605style="text-align: right;"| 82,001style="text-align: right;"| 98,212
colspan=4 | {{small|RD {{=}} Rural District}}

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