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Sistan and Baluchestan
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County
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Nik Shahr
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Ahuran
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Chanef Rural District ( fa, دهستان چانف) is in
Ahuran District of
Nik Shahr County
Nik Shahr County ( fa, شهرستان نیکشهر) is located in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. The capital of the county is Nik Shahr. At the 2006 census, the county's population (including those por ...
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Sistan and Baluchestan province,
Iran
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It is administered from the city of
Chanef.
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district's population (as a part of the former
Lashar District) was 10,497 in 2,490 households.
There were 11,394 inhabitants in 2,830 households at the following census of 2011.
The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 9,964 in 2,717 households, by which time the rural district had separated from the district in the establishment of Ahuran District.
The most populous of its 75 villages was
Chanef (now a city),
with 417 people.
See also
References
Rural Districts of Sistan and Baluchestan province
Populated places in Nik Shahr County
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