Sokmanabad Rural District

Sokmanabad Rural District
Persian: دهستان سكمن آباد
Sokmanabad Rural District
Coordinates: 38°49′N 44°35′E / 38.817°N 44.583°E / 38.817; 44.583[1][2]
CountryIran
ProvinceWest Azerbaijan
CountyKhoy
DistrictSafayyeh
Established1987[3]
CapitalZarabad
Population
 (2016)[4]
 • Total
11,325
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Sokmanabad Rural District (Persian: دهستان سكمن آباد)[5] is in Safayyeh District of Khoy County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran.[6] It is administered from the city of Zarabad.[3][a] The district is named after Sökmen II.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district's population was 13,012 in 2,525 households.[7] There were 11,808 inhabitants in 2,895 households at the following census of 2011.[8] The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 11,325 in 3,014 households. The most populous of its 42 villages was Zaviyeh, with 1,640 people.[4]

Other villages in the rural district

See also

Iran portal

Notes

  1. ^ Formerly Zurabad[6]

References

  1. ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (6 October 2025). "Zurabad, دهستان سکمن آباد, بخش صفائیه [Sokmanabad Rural District, Safayyeh District], Khoy County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 6 October 2025.
  2. ^ "RH8M+M88 Ali Sheykh, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 6 October 2025.
  3. ^ a b Mousavi, Mir-Hossein (22 April 1987) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1366/02/02 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. ایجاد و تشکیل تعداد 12 دهستان شامل روستاها، مزارع و مکانهای واقع در شهرستان خوی تابعه استان آذربایجان غربی [‌Establishment and formation of 12 rural districts including villages, farms and places located in Khoy County, West Azerbaijan province]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. شناسه [ID] 225318FD-4A06-4814-BC42-D402AE1BE7AD. شماره دوره [Course number] 66, شماره جلد [Volume number] 4. Archived from the original on 3 October 2025. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
  4. ^ a b سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان آذربایجان غربی [General Population and Housing Census 2016: West Azerbaijan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  5. ^ "INCSGN Search". Iranian National Committee for Standardization of Geographical Names (in Persian). Tehran: National Cartographic Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 2 May 2019.
  6. ^ a b Habibi, Hassan (27 April 1997) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1376/02/07 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. اصلاحات و تغییرات تقسیمات کشوری در استان آذربایجان غربی [‌Reforms and changes in national divisions in West Azerbaijan]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board]. شناسه [ID] A937FC6F-C543-48B5-921C-810D86C7BE96. شماره دوره [Course number] 76, شماره جلد [Volume number] 255. Archived from the original on 2 October 2025. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  7. ^ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان آذربایجان غربی [General Population and Housing Census 2006: West Azerbaijan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  8. ^ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان آذربایجان غربی [General Population and Housing Census 2011: West Azerbaijan Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.