Negur () is a city in the Central District of

Dashtiari County Dashtiari County () is in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Negur, whose population at the time of the 2016 National Census was 5,670 people in 1,320 households. History After the 2016 census, the village o ...

, Sistan and Baluchestan 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 ...

, serving as capital of both the county and the district.

Etymology

Negur is a Baluchi word meaning "

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" and is the name of many other locations in the

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and Iranian parts of

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Demographics

Ethnicity

The original inhabitants of Negur were from the Baluchi tribe of Shaikhzadah, who according to inscriptions on gravestones lived there before the invasion of the

Mongolians Mongols are an East Asian ethnic group native to Mongolia, China (Inner Mongolia and other 11 autonomous territories), as well as the republics of Buryatia and Kalmykia in Russia. The Mongols are the principal member of the large family of Mon ...

. The existence of considerable underground water resources seems to have been the main reason for settling in Negur. In 1969, after Negur became an independent municipality, many people including government staff migrated to the town from other parts of the country. In recent years severe drought accelerated the immigration of people from other parts of Dashtyari district, posing a serious threat to water resources. Today's population of Negur is about 8,000, mainly immigrants.

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 3,759 in 647 households, when it was capital of the former

Dashtiari District Dashtiari District () is a former administrative division of Chabahar County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders ...

Chabahar County Chabahar County () is in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. Its capital is the port city of Chabahar on the coast of the Gulf of Oman. History After the 2011 National Census, Talang Rural District (Qasr- ...

. The following census in 2011 counted 4,612 people in 948 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 5,670 people in 1,320 households. In 2018, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Dashtiari County, and Negur was transferred to the new Central District as the county's capital.

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