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Razavi Khorasan
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County
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Sheshtamad
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Shamkan
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Shamkan Rural District ( fa, دهستان شامكان) is in
Shamkan District of
Sheshtamad County,
Razavi Khorasan 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 ...
.
It is administered from the city of
Shamkan.
At the National Census of 2006, its population (as a part of the former Sheshtamad District of
Sabzevar County
Sabzevar County ( fa, شهرستان سبزوار) is located in Razavi Khorasan province, Iran. The capital of the county is Sabzevar. At the 2006 census, the county's population (including those portions of the county later split off to form ...
) was 5,947 in 1,453 households.
There were 6,520 inhabitants in 1,863 households at the following census of 2011.
At the most recent census of 2016, the population of the rural district was 5,771 in 1,738 households. The largest of its 20 villages was
Shamkan (now a city),
with 1,882 people.
In February 2019, the district was separated from the county to establish Sheshtamad County and divided into two districts, each with two rural districts. The city of
Sheshtomad became the new county's capital.
The village of Shamkan was later elevated to the status of a city and became the capital of Shamkan District.
References
Sheshtamad County
Rural Districts of Razavi Khorasan Province
Populated places in Razavi Khorasan Province
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