Banestan, Behabad

For the administrative division, see Banestan Rural District. For other places with a similar name, see Bonestan.

Banestan
Persian: بنستان
Village
Banestan is located in Iran
Banestan
Banestan
Coordinates: 31°43′43″N 56°04′02″E / 31.72861°N 56.06722°E / 31.72861; 56.06722[1]
CountryIran
ProvinceYazd
CountyBehabad
DistrictAsfyj
Rural DistrictBanestan
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total
706
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Banestan (Persian: بنستان)[a] is a village in, and the capital of, Banestan Rural District[4] of Asfyj District of Behabad County, Yazd province, Iran.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 318 in 90 households, when it was in the former Behabad District of Bafq County.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 736 people in 252 households,[6] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Behabad County. The rural district was transferred to the new Asfyj District.[7] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 706 people in 231 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.[2]

See also

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Notes

  1. ^ Also romanized as Banestān[3]

References

  1. ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (12 November 2024). "Banestan, Behabad County" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  2. ^ a b Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Yazd Province. amar.org.ir (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 18 November 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. ^ Banestan can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3055223" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  4. ^ Habibi, Hassan (c. 2023) [Approved 26 February 1369]. Creation and establishment of 13 rural districts in Khorasan, Isfahan, Mazandaran, Fars, Bakhtaran, Kurdistan and Yazd provinces. lamtakam.com (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Board. Proposal 896.1.5.53; Notification 40160/T47K. Archived from the original on 20 December 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  5. ^ Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Yazd Province. amar.org.ir (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  6. ^ Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Yazd Province. irandataportal.syr.edu (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022 – via Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University.
  7. ^ Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud. "Approval letter regarding reforms and divisional changes in Yazd province". Lamtakam (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Council of Ministers. Archived from the original on 20 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.


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