Boluk

For the village in Zanjan province, see Boluk.

Boluk (Persian: بلوک)^[a] is a city in, and the capital of, Esmaili District of Jiroft County, Kerman province, Iran.^[4] It also serves as the administrative center for Esmaili Rural District.^[5]

Boluk Persian: بلوك
City
Boluk
Coordinates: 28°13′52″N 57°30′48″E[1]
Country	Iran
Province	Kerman
County	Jiroft
District	Esmaili
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	5,304
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, Boluk's population was 1,792 in 412 households, when it was a village in Esmaili Rural District of Anbarabad County.^[6] The following census in 2011 counted 4,070 people in 1,023 households,^[7] by which time the district had been separated from the county to join Jiroft County.^[8] The 2016 census measured a population of 5,304 people in 1,449 households,^[2] when the village had been elevated to the status of a city and had merged with the villages of Amirabad, Hoseynabad-e Sofla, and Mohammadabad-e Sofla.^[9]

See also

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Notes

1. Also romanized as Bolook and Bolūk; also known as Bilūk and Bolūk-e Pā‘īn^[3]