Rig-e Malek Rural District

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

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|settlement_type = Rural District

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Rig-e Malek Rural District ({{langx|fa|دهستان ریگ ملک}}) is in Rig-e Malek District of Mirjaveh County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. It is administered from the city of Rig-e Malek.{{cite report|title=Resolution on the national divisions in Sistan and Baluchestan province|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Research Center of the Law System of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of the Farabi Library of Mobile Users|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/826692|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130110180806/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/826692|archive-date=10 January 2013|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|last=Rahimi|first=Mohammad Reza|date=21 October 2012|orig-date=Approved 29 September 1391|id=Proposal 5676/42/4/1; Notification 200666/T46606H|access-date=8 January 2025}}

History

After the 2011 National Census, Mirjaveh District was separated from Zahedan County in the establishment of Mirjaveh County, and Rig-e Malek Rural District was created in the new Rig-e Malek District.

Demographics

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At the time of the 2016 census, the rural district's population was 7,184 people in 1,747 households. The most populous of its 55 villages was Rig-e Malek (now a city),{{cite web |title = Notification of the resolution of the Ministry of Interior regarding the conversion of Rig-e Malek village, the center of Rig-e Malek District, Mirjaveh County, into a city |language = fa |website = Laws and Regulations Portal of Iran |url = https://dotic.ir/news/1680 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211204172256/https://dotic.ir/news/1680 |archive-date = 4 December 2021 |last = Fazli |first = Abdolreza Rahmani |publisher = Ministry of Interior |date = 17 December 2018 |access-date = 14 April 2023}} with 1,688 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}}

See also

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References

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{{Sistan and Baluchestan Province|state=collapsed}}

{{Mirjaveh County|state=collapsed}}

Category:Rural Districts of Sistan and Baluchestan province

Category:Populated places in Mirjaveh County

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