Kuhestan Rural District ()
is in the
Central District of
Behshahr County
Behshahr County () is in Mazandaran province, Mazandaran province, Iran on the Caspian Sea. Its capital is the city of Behshahr.
Demographics Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the county's population was 154,957 in 40,432 ...
,
Mazandaran
Mazandaran Province (; ) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. Its capital is the city of Sari, Iran, Sari. Located along the southern coast of the Caspian Sea and in the adjacent Central Alborz mountain range and Hyrcanian forests, it is border ...
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
Kuhestan.
Demographics
The rural district consists of 8 populated villages, in addition to the touristic village of
Abbasabad and
Behshahr
Behshahr () is a city in the Central District of Behshahr County, Mazandaran province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. It is located at the foot of the Alborz mountains, approximately east of Sari and west of ...
's industrial town.
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district's population was 17,420 in 4,453 households.
There were 16,680 inhabitants in 4,957 households at the following census of 2011.
The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 17,436 in 5,748 households. The most populous of its 10 villages was
Gorji Mahalleh, with 6,129 people.
See also
References
Rural Districts of Mazandaran province
Populated places in Behshahr County
{{Behshahr-geo-stub