Sarbaz

For the administrative divisions of Sistan and Baluchestan province, see Sarbaz County and Sarbaz Rural District.

Sarbaz (Persian: سرباز)^[a] is a city in the Central District of Sarbaz County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.^[4]

Sarbaz Persian: سرباز
City
Sarbaz
Coordinates: 26°37′54″N 61°15′26″E[1]
Country	Iran
Province	Sistan and Baluchestan
County	Sarbaz
District	Central
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	2,020
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Demographics

Language and ethnicity

The overwhelming majority of the city's inhabitants are ethnic Baluch who speak the Baluchi language.^{[citation needed]}

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 1,047 in 234 households,^[5] when it was capital of the former Sarbaz District.^[6] The following census in 2011 counted 1,230 people in 293 households.^[7] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 2,020 people in 495 households.^[2]

Sarbaz was transferred to the Central District as the county's capital in 2018.^[4]

See also

Iran portal

Notes

1. Also romanized as Sarbāz; also known as Qal‘eh-ye Sarbāz (English: Fort Sarbaz)^[3]