Boluk
Persian: بلوك
City
Boluk is located in Iran
Boluk
Boluk
Coordinates: 28°13′52″N 57°30′48″E / 28.23111°N 57.51333°E / 28.23111; 57.51333[1]
Country Iran
ProvinceKerman
CountyJiroft
DistrictEsmaili
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total5,304
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Boluk (Persian: بلوک, also Romanized as Bolūk and Bolook; also known as Bilūk and Bolūk-e Pā‘īn)[3] is a city in, and the capital of, Esmaili District of Jiroft County, Kerman province, Iran, and also serves as the administrative center for Esmaili Rural District.

At the 2006 census, its population was 1,792 in 412 households, when it was a village in Esmaili Rural District of Anbarabad County.[4] The following census in 2011 counted 4,070 people in 1,023 households, by which time Esmaili District had been separated from the county and become a part of Jiroft County.[5] The latest census in 2016 showed 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.[6]

References

  1. ↑ OpenStreetMap contributors (29 June 2023). "Boluk, Jiroft County" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 08. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. ↑ Boluk can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3056597" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  4. ↑ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 08. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  5. ↑ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)" (Excel). Iran Data Portal (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 08. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  6. ↑ Rahimi, Mohammadreza (18 October 2013). "Approval letter regarding the conversion of the village of Boluk of Esmaili District of Jiroft County of Kerman province into a city". Islamic Parliament Research Center of the Islamic Republic of Iran (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Council of Ministers. Archived from the original on 7 December 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
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