Bazvand Rural District () is in the Central District of

Rumeshkan County Rumeshkan County () is in Lorestan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Chaqabol. History Archaeological evidence shows the influence of Roman style architecture, and the name of this region is a compound of the words ''Rum'' (Roman ...

Lorestan Lorestan province () is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. Its capital is the city of Khorramabad. Lorestan is in the western part of the country in the Zagros Mountains and covers an area of 28,392 km2. In 2014 it was placed in Region ...

province,

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

. Its capital is the village of Khirdarar.

History

There is a

Bronze Age The Bronze Age () was a historical period characterised principally by the use of bronze tools and the development of complex urban societies, as well as the adoption of writing in some areas. The Bronze Age is the middle principal period of ...

mound in the district, that is registered as a national monument. In 2013,

Rumeshkan District Rumeshkan District () is a former administrative division of Kuhdasht County, Lorestan province, Iran. Its capital was the city of Chaqabol. History After the 2011 National Census, the district was separated from the county in the establis ...

was separated from

Kuhdasht County Kuhdasht County () is in Lorestan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Kuhdasht Kuhdasht () is a city in the Central District of Kuhdasht County, Lorestan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the distr ...

in the establishment of Rumeshkan County, and Bazvand Rural District was created in the new Central District.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2016 National Census, the rural district's population was 8,114 in 2,327 households. The most populous of its six villages was Khirdarar, with 1,757 people.

Economy

The area is primarily agricultural, with herding and cereal crops. Water is from wells. The villagers also produce handicrafts which bring in additional income.

Villages

The rural district has eight villages: * Abdal Beygi Mohammadi * Aqajan *

Bazvandi Bazvandi (), also Romanized as Bāzvandī; also known as Bāzvand and Bāzvand-e Aşl, is a village in Bazvand Rural District of the Central District of Rumeshkan County, Lorestan province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republ ...

* Golestaneh * Kahriz Gizhian * Khirdarar *

Rangin Ban Rangin Ban () may refer to: * Rangin Ban, Rumeshkhan, in Rumeshkhan County of Lorestan Province, Iran * Rangin Ban, Pol-e Dokhtar, in Pol-e Dokhtar County of Lorestan Province, Iran {{Short pages monitor