Zahmakan Rural District
{{Short description|Rural district in Kerman province, Iran}}
{{for|the village|Zahmakan}}
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|subdivision_name2 = Faryab
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Zahmakan Rural District ({{langx|fa|دهستان زهمکان}}) is in Hur District of Faryab County, Kerman province, Iran. Its capital is the village of Zahmakan.{{cite report|title=Letter of approval regarding national divisions in Kerman province|language=fa|website=qavanin.ir|via=Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran|url=https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/176954|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003133059/https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/176954|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Board of Ministers|last=Rahimi|first=Mohammad Reza|archive-date=3 October 2022|date=c. 2022|orig-date=Approved 16 November 1389|id=Proposal 44522/42/1/4/1|access-date=2 February 2024}}
History
After the 2006 National Census, Faryab District was separated from Kahnuj County in the establishment of Faryab County, and Zahmakan Rural District was created in the new Hur District.
Demographics
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At the time of the 2011 census, the rural district's population was 3,504 in 963 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Kerman 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/Kerman.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329231518/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Kerman.xls|archive-date=29 March 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}} The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 3,986 in 1,229 households. The most populous of its 21 villages was Murdan, with 990 people.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Kerman 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_08.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020091047/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_08.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=20 October 2020}}
See also
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{{Kerman Province|state=collapsed}}
{{Faryab County|state=collapsed}}
Category:Rural Districts of Kerman province
Category:Populated places in Faryab County
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