Yaft Rural District

Yaft Rural District

Persian: دهستان يافت
Yaft Rural District Persian: دهستان يافت
Rural District
	Yaft Rural District
	Coordinates: 38°44′59″N 47°33′13″E[1]
Country	Iran
Province	Ardabil
County	Meshgin Shahr
District	Moradlu
Population (2016)[2]
• Total	2,419
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Yaft Rural District (Persian: دهستان يافت) is in Moradlu District of Meshgin Shahr County, Ardabil province, Iran.

At the census of 2006, its population was 3,493 in 544 households;[3] there were 2,900 inhabitants in 710 households at the following census of 2011;[4] and in the most recent census of 2016, the population of the rural district was 2,419 in 666 households. The largest of its 14 villages was Mashiran, with 815 people.[2]

The 14th-century author Hamdallah Mustawfi listed Yāft in his Nuzhat al-Qulub as a forested district comprising about 20 villages.[5] He wrote that it had a warm climate, produced grain and some fruit, and was assessed at a tax value of 4,000 dinars.[5]

References

OpenStreetMap contributors (28 March 2023). "Yaft Rural District (Meshgin Shahr County)" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
"Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 24. Archived from the original (Excel) on 22 March 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
"Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 24. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
"Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)" (Excel). Iran Data Portal (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 24. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
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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[1] OpenStreetMap contributors (28 March 2023). "Yaft Rural District (Meshgin Shahr County)" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 28 March 2023.

[2016_census-2] "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 24. Archived from the original (Excel) on 22 March 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2022.

[2006_census-3] "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 24. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.

[2011_census-4] "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)" (Excel). Iran Data Portal (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 24. Retrieved 19 December 2022.

[Mustawfi_1340-5] Hamdallah Mustawfi (1919). Le Strange, Guy (ed.). The Geographical Part of the Nuzhat-al-Qulub. p. 86. Retrieved 10 October 2022.