Kakan Rural District
Persian: دهستان كاكان
Rural District
Kakan Rural District is located in Iran
Kakan Rural District
Kakan Rural District
Coordinates: 30°38′36″N 51°44′59″E / 30.64333°N 51.74972°E / 30.64333; 51.74972[1]
Country Iran
ProvinceKohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad
CountyBoyer-Ahmad
DistrictCentral
CapitalAbbas Ali Khani
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total1,708
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Kakan Rural District (Persian: دهستان كاكان) is in the Central District of Boyer-Ahmad County, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, Iran. Its capital is the village of Abbas Ali Khani.[3]

At the National Census of 2006, its population was 2,281 in 497 households.[4] There were 1,975 inhabitants in 488 households at the following census of 2011.[5] At the most recent census of 2016, the population of the rural district was 1,708 in 502 households. The largest of its 24 villages was Mansurkhani, with 390 people.[2]

History

The district was buried, leaving no survivors, during the 1972 Iran blizzard.[6]

References

  1. ↑ OpenStreetMap contributors (12 August 2023). "Kakan Rural District (Boyer-Ahmad County)" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 17. Archived from the original (Excel) on 2 November 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. ↑ Habibi, Hassan (12 December 1371). "Creation of 48 rural districts in several rural areas of the country". Qavanin (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Council. Archived from the original on 28 November 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  4. ↑ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 17. 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. 17. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  6. ↑ Edwards, Haley Sweetland (7 February 2012). "40 Years Ago, Iran Was Hit by the Deadliest Blizzard in History". Mental Floss. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
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