Meshkan District (Neyriz County)

Not to be confused with Meshkan Rural District.

For the administrative division of Khoshab County in Razavi Khorasan province, see Meshkan District. For the city, see Meshkan. For other places with a similar name, see Meshkan.

Meshkan District Persian: بخش مشكان
District
Meshkan District
Coordinates: 29°23′06″N 54°26′56″E[1]
Country	Iran
Province	Fars
County	Neyriz
Capital	Meshkan
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	8,799
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Meshkan District (Persian: بخش مشكان)[a] is in Neyriz County, Fars province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Meshkan.[4]

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the district's population was 8,875 in 2,334 households.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 8,493 people in 2,504 households.[6] The 2016 census measured the population of the district as 8,799 inhabitants in 2,730 households.[2]

Administrative divisions

Meshkan District Population

Administrative Divisions	2006[5]	2011[6]	2016[2]
Deh Chah RD[b]	3,980	3,600	3,586
Meshkan RD	265	313	596
Meshkan (city)	4,630	4,580	4,617
Total	8,875	8,493	8,799
RD = Rural District

See also

Iran portal

Notes

1. Formerly Poshtkuh District (بخش پشتکوه)[3]
2. Formerly Meshkan Rural District[7]

References

1. OpenStreetMap contributors (8 October 2024). "Meshkan District (Neyriz County)" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 8 October 2024.
2. Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Fars Province. amar.org.ir (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 6 April 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
3. "Meshkan". farsirib.ir (in Persian). 5 April 2018. Archived from the original on 8 October 2024. Retrieved 8 October 2024 – via Fars Center Radio and Television.
4. Habibi, Hassan (c. 2023) [Approved 21 June 1369]. Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of Fars province, centered in Shiraz. lamtakam.com (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers. Notification 82840/T128K. Archived from the original on 7 December 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023 – via Lam ta Kam.
5. Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Fars 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): Fars Province. irandataportal.syr.edu (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022 – via Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University.
7. Habibi, Hassan (c. 2024) [Approved 25 June 1371]. Approval of reforms in the rural districts of Fars province. lamtakam.com (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Council. Proposal 1.4.42.4528; Notification 23416/T31K. Archived from the original on 17 April 2024. Retrieved 17 April 2024 – via Lam ta Kam.