Khafr Rural District

Not to be confused with Khafr District.

For the administrative division of Fars province, see Khafr County. For other places with a similar name, see Khafr.

Khafr Rural District (Persian: دهستان خفر)^[3] is in the Central District of Khafr County, Fars province, Iran. Its capital is the village of Zarjan.^[4] The rural district was previously administered from Bab Anar.^[5]

Khafr Rural District Persian: دهستان خفر
Rural District
Khafr Rural District
Coordinates: 28°57′38″N 53°12′28″E[1]
Country	Iran
Province	Fars
County	Khafr
District	Central
Capital	Zarjan
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	3,396
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district's population (as a part of the former Khafr District of Jahrom County) was 8,359 in 2,136 households.^[6] There were 3,057 inhabitants in 879 households at the following census of 2011.^[7] The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 3,396 in 1,043 households. The most populous of its nine villages was Zarjan, with 1,400 people.^[2]

In 2019, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Khafr County, and the rural district was transferred to the new Central District.^[4]

See also

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