Rask, Iran

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

{{for multi|the administrative divisions of Sistan and Baluchestan province|Rask County|and|Rask and Firuzabad Rural District|other places with the same name|Rask (disambiguation){{!}}Rask}}

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Rask ({{langx|fa|راسک}}){{efn|Also romanized as Rāsak, Rāsk, and Rāzk{{GEOnet3|-3080886}}}} is a city in the Central District of Rask County,{{efn|Formerly Sarbaz County}} Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the 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}} and the district.{{cite report|title=Creation of divisional changes and reforms in Sistan and Baluchestan province|language=fa|website=qavanin.ir|via=Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran|url=https://www.qavanin.ir/Law/PrintText/98510|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417172539/https://www.qavanin.ir/Law/PrintText/98510|archive-date=17 April 2023|date=c. 2023|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Board of Ministers|orig-date=Approved 31 January 1379|id=Proposal 1/4/42/19021|access-date=17 April 2023}} It is also the administrative center for Rask and Firuzabad Rural District. Rask is in the Sarbaz Mountains and beside the Sarbaz River. A road passing through the city links Chabahar Port to the national road network of Iran.

Demographics

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At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 5,931 in 1,102 households, when it capital of the Central District of 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 8,472 people in 1,964 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 city as 10,115 people in 2,411 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}}

After the census, the city and the rural district were separated from the county in the establishment of Rask County and were transferred to the new Central District, with Rask as the county's capital.

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Category:Cities in Sistan and Baluchestan province

Category:Populated places in Rask County

Rask, Iran

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