Rahmatabad, Rigan

Rahmatabad (Persian: رحمت اباد, also Romanized as Raḥmatābād; also known as Raḥmatābād-e Rīgān)[3] is a city in, and the capital of, Rahmatabad District of Rigan County, Kerman province, Iran.[4]

For the administrative division, see Rahmatabad District. For other places with the same name, see Rahmatabad.

Rahmatabad
Persian: رحمت اباد
City
Rahmatabad is located in Iran
Rahmatabad
Rahmatabad
Coordinates: 28°38′33″N 59°03′45″E[1]
Country Iran
ProvinceKerman
CountyRigan
DistrictRahmatabad
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total5,055
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

At the 2006 census, its population was 3,615 in 737 households, when it was a village in Rigan Rural District of the former Rigan District of Bam County.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 4,731 people in 1,103 households, by which time the rural district had been separated from the county in the establishment of the new Rigan County.[6] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 5,055 people in 1,307 households.[2]

In 2019, the villages of Abbasabad-e Sardar and Rahmatabad were elevated to the status of cities.[7] In 2023, Posht-e Rig Rural District was established in the Central District, and Sadabad Rural District was established in the newly formed Rahmatabad District, with the city of Rahmatabad as the district capital.[4]

References
  1. OpenStreetMap contributors (5 July 2023). "Rahmatabad, Rigan County" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  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. Iranian National Committee for Standardization of Geographical Names website (in Persian)
  4. Mokhbar, Mohammad (27 May 2023). "Approval letter regarding the country divisions of Kerman province". DOTIC (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Council of Ministers. Archived from the original on 27 June 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  5. "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.
  6. "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.
  7. Jahangiri, Ishaq (26 May 2019). "Letter of approval regarding the conversion of Rahmatabad and Abbasabad-e Sardar villages from the Central District of Rigan County, Kerman province, to the city". Qavanin (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Council of Ministers. Archived from the original on 4 July 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
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