Rural district in East Azerbaijan province, Iran
For the village, see
Bakrabad . For other places with similar names, see
Bekrabad .
Rural District in East Azerbaijan, Iran
Bakrabad Rural District (
Persian : دهستان بكرآباد )
[3] is in the
Central District of
Varzaqan County ,
East Azerbaijan province,
Iran .
[4] Its capital is the village of
Bakrabad .
[5]
History
On 19 May 2024, Iranian President
Ebrahim Raisi and other government officials were killed in a
helicopter crash in this district.
[6]
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district's population was 3,000 in 687 households.
[7] There were 2,896 inhabitants in 821 households at the following census of 2011.
[8] The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 3,059 in 984 households. The most populous of its 21 villages was
Bakrabad , with 717 people.
[2]
See also
Iran portal
References
^ OpenStreetMap contributors (5 April 2023).
"Bakrabad Rural District (Varzaqan County)" (Map).
OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 5 April 2023 .
^
a
b
"Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)" . AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 03. Archived from
the original (Excel) on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022 .
^
Iranian National Committee for Standardization of Geographical Names website (in Persian)
^ Aref, Mohammad Reza.
"Approval letter regarding the abstraction of Varzaqan and Kharvana Districts from Ahar County and its transformation into Arsbaran County" . Islamic Parliament Research Center (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Council of Ministers. Archived from
the original on 14 June 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2023 .
^ Habibi, Hassan (3 March 1369).
"Approval of reforms in the rural areas of East Azerbaijan province" . Islamic Parliament Research Center (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board. Archived from
the original on 14 November 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2023 .
^ Picheta, Rob; Mahmoodi, Negar; Moshtaghian, Artemis; Qiblawi, Tamara; Tanno, Sophie; and Regan, Helen (20 May 2024).
"Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and foreign minister confirmed dead in helicopter crash" . CNN .
Archived from the original on 20 May 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024 .
^
"Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" . AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 03. Archived from
the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022 .
^
"Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)" . Syracuse University (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 03. Archived from
the original (Excel) on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022 .