Raqqeh Rural District
Persian: دهستان رقه
Rural District
Raqqeh Rural District is located in Iran
Raqqeh Rural District
Raqqeh Rural District
Coordinates: 33°45′18″N 57°15′20″E / 33.75500°N 57.25556°E / 33.75500; 57.25556[1]
Country Iran
ProvinceSouth Khorasan
CountyBoshruyeh
DistrictEresk
CapitalRaqqeh
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total2,398
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Raqqeh Rural District (Persian: دهستان رقه) is in Eresk District of Boshruyeh County, South Khorasan province, Iran.[3] Its capital is the village of Raqqeh.[4]

At the National Census of 2006, its population (as a part of the former Boshruyeh District of Ferdows County) was 2,429 in 656 households.[5] There were 2,278 inhabitants in 667 households at the following census of 2011,[6] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Boshruyeh County.[3] At the most recent census of 2016, the population of the rural district was 2,398 in 794 households. The largest of its 35 villages was Raqqeh, with 1,096 people.[2]

References

  1. ↑ OpenStreetMap contributors (18 March 2023). "Raqqeh Rural District (Boshruyeh County)" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 29. Archived from the original (Excel) on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Boshruyeh District was upgraded to a county". Fars News (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Cabinet of Ministers. 12 November 2008. Archived from the original on 10 November 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  4. ↑ Mousavi, Mirhossein. "Creation and formation of six rural districts including villages, farms and places in a part of Ferdows County under Khorasan province". Islamic Parliament Research Center of the Islamic Republic of Iran (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Board of Ministers. Archived from the original on 9 September 2010. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 29. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  6. ↑ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)". Syracuse University (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 29. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
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