Qareh Poshtelu-e Bala Rural District ( fa, دهستان قره پشتلوبالا) is a

rural district Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of the Ad ...

(''dehestan'') in Qareh Poshtelu District,

Zanjan County Zanjan County ( fa, شهرستان زنجان) is in Zanjan province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to t ...

, Zanjan Province,

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

. At the 2006 census, its population (including

Armaghankhaneh Armaghankhaneh ( fa, ارمغانخانه, also Romanized as Armaghānkhāneh and Armaghān Khāneh; also known as Arāmkhāna, Armakhana, and Mazra‘eh-ye Qareh Dāsh) is a city in and capital of Qareh Poshtelu District, in Zanjan County, Zanja ...

, which was subsequently detached from the rural district and promoted to city status) was 13,915, in 3,250 families; excluding Armaghankhaneh, the population (as of 2006) was 12,334, in 2,874 families. The rural district has 33 villages.

References

Rural Districts of Zanjan Province Zanjan County {{ZanjanCounty-geo-stub