Sharag

For the administrative division, see Sharak Rural District. For other places with a similar name, see Sharak.

Sharag (Persian: شارگ)^[a] is a village in, and the capital of, Sharak Rural District of Talang District, Qasr-e Qand County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran.^[4]

Sharag Persian: شارگ
Village
Sharag
Coordinates: 26°01′25″N 61°04′10″E[1]
Country	Iran
Province	Sistan and Baluchestan
County	Qasr-e Qand
District	Talang
Rural District	Sharak
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	942
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 1,058 in 218 households, when it was in Talang Rural District of Polan District, Chabahar County.^[5] The following census in 2011 counted 701 people in 165 households.^[6] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 942 people in 267 households,^[2] by which time the rural district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Qasr-e Qand County and transferred to the new Talang District. Sharag was transferred to Sharak Rural District created in the district.^[4]

See also

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Notes

1. Also romanized as Shārag; also known as Qal‘eh-ye Shārak and Shārak^[3]