Murtan Rural District

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

{{for|the village|Murtan, Rask{{!}}Murtan}}

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Murtan Rural District ({{langx|fa|دهستان مورتان}}) is in Parud District of Rask County,{{efn|Formerly Sarbaz County}} Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran.{{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}} Its capital is the village of Murtan.{{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}}

Demographics

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At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district's population (as a part of the Central District of Sarbaz County) was 8,039 in 1,465 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}} There were 8,340 inhabitants in 1,744 households at the following census of 2011,{{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 rural district had been separated from the district in the establishment of Parud District. The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 9,516 in 2,812 households. The most populous of its 102 villages was Murtan, with 1,348 people.{{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}}

After the census, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Rask County.{{cite report|title=Letter of approval regarding the national divisions of Sarbaz County of 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/PrintText/267035|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419131256/https://qavanin.ir/Law/PrintText/267035|archive-date=19 April 2023|last=Jahangiri|first=Ishaq|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|date=c. 2023|orig-date=Approved 13 September 1398|id=Proposal 235379|access-date=19 April 2023}}

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Category:Rural Districts of Sistan and Baluchestan province

Category:Populated places in Rask County

Murtan Rural District

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