Yaft Rural District

For other places with a similar name, see Yaft.

Yaft Rural District
Persian: دهستان يافت
Rural District
Yaft Rural District is located in Iran
Yaft Rural District
Yaft Rural District
Coordinates: 38°45′N 47°33′E / 38.750°N 47.550°E / 38.750; 47.550[1][2]
CountryIran
ProvinceArdabil
CountyMeshgin Shahr
DistrictMoradlu
Established1987[3]
CapitalKanchubeh
Population
 (2016)[4]
 • Total
2,419
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Yaft Rural District (Persian: دهستان يافت) is in Moradlu District of Meshgin Shahr County, Ardabil province, Iran.[5] Its capital is the village of Kanchubeh.[3]


Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district's population was 3,493 in 544 households.[6] There were 2,900 inhabitants in 710 households at the following census of 2011.[7] The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 2,419 in 666 households. The most populous of its 14 villages was Mashiran, with 815 people.[4]

Other villages in the rural district

In literature

The 14th-century author Hamdallah Mustawfi listed Yāft in his Nuzhat al-Qulub as a forested district comprising about 20 villages.[8] He wrote that it had a warm climate, produced grain and some fruit, and was assessed at a tax value of 4,000 dinars.[8]

See also

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References

  1. ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (23 May 2025). "دهستان یافت, بخش مرادلو [Yaft Rural District, Moradlu District], Meshkinshahr County, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  2. ^ "QH22+22R Kanchubeh, Iran" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
  3. ^ a b Mousavi, Mir-Hossein (9 August 1987) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1366/05/18 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. ایجاد و تشکیل تعداد 30 دهستان شامل روستاها، مزارع و مکانها در شهرستان اهر تابع استان آذربایجان شرقی [‌Creation and formation of 30 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Ahar County under East Azerbaijan province]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. شناسه [ID] 1F7402E2-5CAC-4D1B-B0FF-D19D6D096C79. شماره دوره [Course number] 66, شماره جلد [Volume number] 11. Archived from the original on 19 June 2025. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
  4. ^ a b سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان اردبیل [General Population and Housing Census 2016: Ardabil Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 22 March 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
  5. ^ Aref, Mohammad Reza (23 September 2001) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1380/07/01 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصویب نامه راجع به اصلاحات تقسیماتی در استان اردبیل [‌Approval letter regarding division reforms in Ardabil province]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. شناسه [ID] DAED7506-1623-41FE-85EB-0829B935FB10. شماره دوره [Course number] 80. Archived from the original on 19 June 2025. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
  6. ^ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان اردبیل [General Population and Housing Census 2006: Ardabil Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
  7. ^ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان اردبیل [General Population and Housing Census 2011: Ardabil Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 15 January 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
  8. ^ a b Hamdallah Mustawfi (1919). Le Strange, Guy (ed.). The Geographical Part of the Nuzhat-al-Qulub. p. 86. Retrieved 10 October 2022.


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