Lakestan Rural District

Lakestan Rural District
Persian: نام قوم ایرانی لكستان
Rural District
Lakestan Rural District is located in Iran
Lakestan Rural District
Lakestan Rural District
Location within Iran
Coordinates: 38°14′N 44°58′E / 38.233°N 44.967°E / 38.233; 44.967[1][2]
CountryIran
ProvinceWest Azerbaijan
CountySalmas
DistrictCentral
Established1987[3]
CapitalQarah Qeshlaq
Population
 (2016)[4]
 • Total
10,387
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Lakestan Rural District (Persian: دهستان لكستان)[5] is in the Central District of Salmas County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran.[6] Its capital is the village of Qarah Qeshlaq.[7] The previous capital of the rural district was the village of Soltan Ahmad.[3]

Etymology

Willem M Floor suggested that the name of the Lakestan Rural District was possibly the last trace of the historic Lak tribe, who were of southern Kurdish origin but present around Salmas during the Safavid era.[8] Military geographer Hossein-Ali Razmara wrote that Lakestan was named after Lak refugees from the Caucasus who settled there.[9] Mohammad-Amin Riahi believed it was named after the Kurdish Laks who disappeared during the Safavid period, and claimed that there was insufficient evidence that it was named after Caucasian immigrants.[10]

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district's population was 11,486 in 2,773 households.[11] There were 11,589 inhabitants in 3,195 households at the following census of 2011.[12] The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 10,387 in 3,083 households. The most populous of its 28 villages was Qarah Qeshlaq, with 2,040 people.[4]

Other villages in the rural district

See also

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References

  1. ↑ OpenStreetMap contributors (22 October 2025). "دهستان لکستان, بخش مرکزی [Lakestan Rural District, Central District], Salmas County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  2. ↑ "6XM8+8MM Yushanlu, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  3. 1 2 Mousavi, Mir-Hossein (22 April 1987) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1366/02/02 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. ایجاد و تشکیل تعداد 7 دهستان شامل روستاها، مزارع و مکانها واقع در شهرستان سلماس تابع استان آذربایجان غربی [‌Creation and formation of seven rural districts including villages, farms and places in Salmas County under West Azerbaijan province]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. شناسه [ID] 9B86F5C0-8C16-4F6C-8154-9247C8CA80E8. شماره دوره [Course number] 66, شماره جلد [Volume number] 2. Archived from the original on 21 October 2025. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
  4. 1 2 سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان آذربایجان غربی [General Population and Housing Census 2016: West Azerbaijan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  5. ↑ "INCSGN Search". Iranian National Committee for Standardization of Geographical Names (in Persian). Tehran: National Cartographic Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 2 May 2019.
  6. ↑ Habibi, Hassan (12 September 1990) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1369/06/21 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصویب سازمان و سلسله تابعیت عناصر و واحدهای تقسیمات کشوری استان آذربایجان غربی به مرکزیت شهر ارومیه [‌Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of West Azerbaijan province, centered in the city of Urmia]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board]. شناسه [ID] D6D37EAB-50D7-43D6-B320-D774C01ADE50. شماره دوره [Course number] 69, شماره جلد [Volume number] 3. Archived from the original on 20 December 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  7. ↑ Habibi, Hassan (20 November 1991) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1370/08/29 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. انجام اصلاحاتی در دهستانهای استان آذربایجان غربی [‌Implementing reforms in rural districts of West Azerbaijan province]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board]. شناسه [ID] 10756585-729F-49EC-8B5C-58CE9653EE22. شماره دوره [Course number] 70. Archived from the original on 25 April 2024. Retrieved 6 October 2025.
  8. ↑ Titles & Emoluments in Safavid Iran: A Third Manual of Safavid Administration, ʻAlī Naqī Naṣīrī, 2008, pp. 270, ISBN 9781933823232.
  9. ↑ فرهنگ جغرافیائی ایران (آبادیها)، جلد 4، استان 3 و 4 آذربایجان، حسینعلی رزم آرا، ص 476.
  10. ↑ "فرمان شاه عباس دوم در بارۀ ایل لك و سه سند تاریخی دیگر"، محمدامین ریاحی، در "یکی قطره باران: جشن‌نامۀ استاد دکتر عباس زریاب خوئی"، احمد تفضلی، ص. 24-25، تهران، ١٣٧٠.
  11. ↑ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان آذربایجان غربی [General Population and Housing Census 2006: West Azerbaijan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  12. ↑ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان آذربایجان غربی [General Population and Housing Census 2011: West Azerbaijan 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.
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