Sahand Rural District ()
is in the
Central District of
Osku County
Osku County () is in East Azerbaijan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Osku.
Osku is one of the oldest cities in East Azerbaijan, according to old books, and is like stepping into a time machine. The city is located on a volcano hi ...
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East Azerbaijan
East Azerbaijan province () is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. Its capital is the city of Tabriz.
The province is located in Iranian Azerbaijan, bordering Armenia, the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ardabil province, West Azerbaijan province ...
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 ...
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Its capital is the village of
Esfanjan.
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district's population was 9,480 in 2,625 households.
There were 9,933 inhabitants in 3,060 households at the following census of 2011.
The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 9,339 in 3,049 households. The most populous of its six villages was
Esfanjan, with 3,544 people.
The other villages in the rural district are
Amqan,
Ansarud,
Eskandan,
Kahnamu, and
Kandovan.
See also
References
Rural Districts of East Azerbaijan province
Populated places in Osku County
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