Barak, South Khorasan

Barak

Persian: برك
Barak Persian: برك
Village
	Barak Location within Iran
	Coordinates: 32°04′24″N 59°25′27″E / 32.07333°N 59.42417°E
Country	Iran
Province	South Khorasan
County	Nehbandan
District	Sardaran
Rural District	Seyedal
Population (2016)
• Total	193
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Barak (Persian: برك)^[a] is a village in Seyedal Rural District^[4] of Sardaran District in Nehbandan County, South Khorasan province, Iran.

Etymology

"Barak" as defined in the Moein dictionary:

1- Barak: Sohail star
2- Barak:
- 2-1- The type of thick stuff that is knitted from camel or goat's hair in the Khorasan zone.
- 2-2- A part of a carpet.
- 2-3- The short clothing that is made by the Gailan people.

History

It is not clearly a ruin of Barak village, but Christian cemeteries were caused to be around villages. Barak's history goes back about 400 years.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 305 in 102 households, when it was in Arabkhaneh Rural District of Shusef District.^[5] The following census in 2011 counted 175 people in 57 households.^[6] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 193 people in 66 households.^[2]

In 2020, the rural district was separated from the district in the formation of Sardaran District, and Barak was transferred to Seyedal Rural District created in the new district.^[4]

Geography

Location

Barak village is about 125 km southwest of the city of Birjand and 95 km of northwest of the city of Nehbandan. This village is closed in by Siyah Kamar Mountain from the southwestern side, Barak Mountain from the north side and Gel Kan Mountain from the east side.

Climate

The weather of Barak is warm and dry climate. Spring season is verdant and beautiful, causing growth of pasture, plants, and grass. Also, summer season is hot! Air temperature is up to 35 degrees °C in the later days of summer, and there is dust on half of the weekdays at least. Air temperature at night fluctuates between 15 and 20 °C. However, autumn season gives cold and dry weather to Barak people, but winter is very cold and rainfall is very little.^[7]

Notes

↑ Also known Barag, Barak-e Bālā, and Barg^[3]

References

↑ OpenStreetMap contributors (21 April 2026). "Barak Village, دهستان سیدال, بخش مرکزی شهرستان نهبندان [Seyedal Rural District, Central District of Nehbandan County], Nehbandan County, South Khorasan Province, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 21 April 2026.
1 2 سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان خراسان جنوبی [General Population and Housing Census 2016: South Khorasan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
↑ Barak at GEOnet Names Server
1 2 Jahangiri, Eshaq (18 October 2020) [۱۳۹۹/۷/۲۷ تصویب (Approved 1399/7/27) (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصویب‌نامه در خصوص تقسیمات کشوری در شهرستان نهبندان استان خراسان جنوبی [‌Resolution on the national divisions in Nehbandan County, South Khorasan province]. پژوهشکده حقوقی شهر دانش [Shahr Danesh Law Research Institute] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. پیشنهاد شماره ۱۳۴۶۲۶ [Proposal No. 134626]. Archived from the original on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
↑ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان خراسان جنوبی [General Population and Housing Census 2006: South Khorasan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
↑ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان خراسان جنوبی [General Population and Housing Census 2011: South Khorasan 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.
↑ Barak Village Archived 2016-04-14 at the Wayback Machine

[4] Also known Barag, Barak-e Bālā, and Barg^[3]

[1] OpenStreetMap contributors (21 April 2026). "Barak Village, دهستان سیدال, بخش مرکزی شهرستان نهبندان [Seyedal Rural District, Central District of Nehbandan County], Nehbandan County, South Khorasan Province, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 21 April 2026.

[2016_South_Khorasan_Province-2] 1 2 سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان خراسان جنوبی [General Population and Housing Census 2016: South Khorasan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.

[3] Barak at GEOnet Names Server

[Sardaran_District_Formation-5] 1 2 Jahangiri, Eshaq (18 October 2020) [۱۳۹۹/۷/۲۷ تصویب (Approved 1399/7/27) (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصویب‌نامه در خصوص تقسیمات کشوری در شهرستان نهبندان استان خراسان جنوبی [‌Resolution on the national divisions in Nehbandan County, South Khorasan province]. پژوهشکده حقوقی شهر دانش [Shahr Danesh Law Research Institute] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. پیشنهاد شماره ۱۳۴۶۲۶ [Proposal No. 134626]. Archived from the original on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2026.

[2006_South_Khorasan_Province-6] سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان خراسان جنوبی [General Population and Housing Census 2006: South Khorasan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.

[2011_South_Khorasan_Province-7] سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان خراسان جنوبی [General Population and Housing Census 2011: South Khorasan 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.

[8] Barak Village Archived 2016-04-14 at the Wayback Machine

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