Rask () is a city in the
Central District Central District may refer to:
Places
* Central District (Botswana)
* Central district, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
* Central District, Xiamen, China, now Siming District, Fujian
* Central, Hong Kong, also called Central District
* List of Central District ...
of
Rask County
Rask County () is in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Rask, whose population at the time of the 2016 National Census was 10,115 people in 2,411 households.
History
After the 2016 census, Parud District, Pi ...
,
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.
It is also the administrative center for
Rask and Firuzabad Rural District.
Rask is in the Sarbaz Mountains and beside the Sarbaz River. A road passing through the city links
Chabahar Port
Chabahar Port () is a seaport located in Chabahar in southeastern Iran, on the Gulf of Oman. It serves as Iran's only oceanic port, and consists of two separate ports named ''Shahid Kalantari'' and ''Shahid Beheshti'', each of which has five ber ...
to the national road network of Iran.
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 5,931 in 1,102 households, when it capital of the
Central District Central District may refer to:
Places
* Central District (Botswana)
* Central district, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
* Central District, Xiamen, China, now Siming District, Fujian
* Central, Hong Kong, also called Central District
* List of Central District ...
of
Sarbaz County
Sarbaz County () is in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Sarbaz. The previous capital of the county was the city of Rask.
History
After the 2006 National Census, Ashar District was separated from the county ...
.
The following census in 2011 counted 8,472 people in 1,964 households.
The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 10,115 people in 2,411 households.
After the census, the city and the rural district were separated from the county in the establishment of Rask County and were transferred to the new Central District, with Rask as the county's capital.
See also
Notes
References
Cities in Sistan and Baluchestan province
Populated places in Rask County
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