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Province
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Sistan and Baluchestan
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County
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Rask
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District
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Parud
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Murtan Rural District ( fa, دهستان مورتان) is in
Parud District of
Rask County
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Sistan and Baluchestan 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
Murtan.
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district's population (as a part of the
Central District of
Sarbaz County
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There were 8,340 inhabitants in 1,744 households at the following census of 2011,
by which time the rural district had been separated from the district in the establishment of Parud District.
The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 9,516 in 2,812 households. The most populous of its 102 villages was
Murtan, with 1,348 people.
After the census, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Rask County.
See also
References
Rural Districts of Sistan and Baluchestan province
Populated places in Rask County
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