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Fars
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Central
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Band-e Amir
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Band-e Amir Rural District ( fa, دهستان بند امير)
is in the
Central District of
Zarqan County,
Fars 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 ...
.
Its capital is the village of
Band-e Amir.
At the National Census of 2006, its population (as a part of the former Zarqan District of
Shiraz County
Shiraz County ( fa, شهرستان شیراز) is located in Fars province, Iran. The capital of the county is Shiraz. At the 2006 census, the county's population (including those portions of the county later split off to form Kavar County, Kh ...
) was 9,085 in 2,205 households.
There were 8,289 inhabitants in 2,268 households at the following census of 2011.
At the most recent census of 2016, the population of the rural district was 7,554 in 2,188 households. The largest of its 39 villages was
Shul, with 2,438 people.
In July 2018, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Zarqan County, which was divided into two districts of two rural districts each, with the city of
Zarqan as its capital.
References
Zarqan County
Rural Districts of Fars Province
Populated places in Fars Province
Populated places in Zarqan County
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