Larak Shahri

{{for multi|the administrative division|Larak Rural District|other places with a similar name|Larak (disambiguation){{!}}Larak}}

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|subdivision_name2 = Qeshm

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Larak Shahri ({{langx|fa|لارك شهري}}){{efn|Also romanized as Lārak Shahrī; also known as Lārak Kūhī{{GEOnet3|-3072919|Larak Shahri}}}} is a village in, and the capital of, Larak Rural District{{cite report|title=Approval of the formation of 27 rural districts in the provinces of Khorasan, Sistan and Baluchestan, Mazandaran, Tehran, Yazd, and Hormozgan|language=fa|website=qavanin.ir|via=Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran|url=https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/93097|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181128181017/https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/93097|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|archive-date=28 November 2018|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Board|date=c. 2018|orig-date=Approved 2 April 1372|id=Resolution 93808/T907|access-date=8 January 2024}} of the Central District of Qeshm County, Hormozgan province, Iran. The village is located on Larak Island.

Demographics

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The linguistic composition of the village:{{Cite web|title=Language distribution: Hormozgan Province|url=http://iranatlas.net/index.html?module=module.language-distribution.hormozgan#eyJ0IjoieCIsImkiOiIxMGRhZGY1ZTQzMDc3M2RjZDJkZTIxMTlhMmQxOTk3YyIsInMiOjE2MzI3NDY2ODg5OTd9|access-date=27 September 2021|website=Iran Atlas}}{{bar box|title=Larak Shahri linguistic composition|titlebar=#ddd|left1=Language|right1=percent|float=|bars={{bar percent|Kumzari|beige|75}}

{{bar percent|New Persian|orange|5}}}}

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At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population wa 466 in 98 households, when it was in Shahab District.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Hormozgan 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/22.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920094743/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/22.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}} The following census in 2011 counted 473 people in 109 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 village as 421 people in 115 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.{{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}}

In 2017, the rural district was separated from the district to join the Central District.{{cite report|title=Letter of approval regarding the annexation of Larak Rural District from Shahab District of Qeshm County to the Central District of the same county|language=fa|website=qavanin.ir|via=Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran|url=https://qavanin.ir/Law/PrintText/257848|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230911163655/https://qavanin.ir/Law/PrintText/257848|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|last=Jahangiri|first=Ishaq|archive-date=11 September 2023|date=c. 2023|orig-date=Approved 14 May 2017|access-date=11 September 2023|id=Proposal 2994}}

Notes

References

Category:Populated places in Qeshm County