{{Short description|Village in Bushehr province, Iran}}

{{for multi|the administrative division|Akhand Rural District|the 2021 Telugu-language film|Akhanda|other places with a similar name|Akhund (disambiguation){{!}}Akhund}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox settlement |official_name = Akhand |native_name = {{langx|fa|اخند}} |settlement_type = Village |pushpin_map = Iran |mapsize = |subdivision_type = [[List of countries|Country]] |subdivision_name = [[Iran]] |subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Iran|Province]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Bushehr province|Bushehr]] |subdivision_type2 = [[Counties of Iran|County]] |subdivision_name2 = [[Asaluyeh County|Asaluyeh]] |subdivision_type3 = [[Bakhsh (administrative division)|District]] |subdivision_name3 = [[Central District (Asaluyeh County)|Central]] |subdivision_type4 = [[Rural Districts of Iran|Rural District]] |subdivision_name4 = [[Akhand Rural District|Akhand]] |leader_title = |leader_name = |established_title = |established_date = |area_total_km2 = |area_footnotes = |population_as_of = 2016 | population_footnotes = <ref name="2016 Bushehr Province"/> |population_total = 6775 |population_density_km2 = auto |timezone = [[Iran Standard Time|IRST]] |utc_offset = +3:30 |coordinates = {{coord|27|26|10|N|52|45|08|E|dim:1km|display=inline,title}} |coordinates_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite map|author=((OpenStreetMap contributors))|url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=27.436111&mlon=52.752222&zoom=15#map=15/27.43611/52.75222|website=[[OpenStreetMap]]|title=Akhand, دهستان اخند [Akhand Rural District], Asaluyeh Central District, Asaluyeh County, Bushehr Province, Iran|date=25 August 2024|access-date=25 August 2024|lang=fa}}</ref> |elevation_m = |area_code = |website = |footnotes = }}

'''Akhand''' ({{langx|fa|اخند}}){{efn|Also [[romanize]]d as '''Akhand'''; also known as '''Ākhownd''' and '''Ākhūnd'''<ref>{{GEOnet3|-3052196|Akhand}}</ref>}} is a village in, and the capital of, [[Akhand Rural District]] in the [[Central District (Asaluyeh County)|Central District]] of [[Asaluyeh County]], [[Bushehr province|Bushehr]] province, [[Iran]].<ref name="Asaluyeh County Establishment">{{cite web |language=fa |last=Rahimi |first=Mohammad Reza |author-link=Mohammad Reza Rahimi |script-title=fa:تصویب‌نامه درخصوص تقسیمات کشوری در استان بوشهر وزارت کشور |trans-title=Resolution on national divisions in Bushehr province |website=مرکز پژوهشهای مجلس شورای اسلامی ایران [Research Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran] |url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/826693|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130110180809/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/826693|archive-date=10 January 2013|access-date=12 June 2025|orig-date=تاریخ ابلاغیه : 1391/10/12 [Notification date: 1391/10/12] (Iranian [Jalali] calendar)|date=1 January 2013 <!-- Converted 'Notification date' using https://www.iranchamber.com/calendar/converter/iranian_calendar_converter.php --> |id=شماره ابلاغیه : ۲۰۰۶۵۳/ت۴۶۴۳۲ه [Notification 200653/T46432H] |publisher=‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior] |agency=هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]}}</ref>

==Demographics== ===Population=== At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 2,492 in 455 households, when it was in [[Asaluyeh Rural District]] of the former [[Asaluyeh District]] in [[Kangan County]].<ref name="2006 Bushehr Province"> {{cite web |script-title=fa:سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان بوشهر |trans-title=General Population and Housing Census 2006: Bushehr Province |language=fa |website={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|مرکز آمار ایران}} [Statistical Centre of Iran] |url=http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/18.xls |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920093422/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/18.xls |archive-date=20 September 2011 |format=Excel |access-date=17 June 2025}}</ref> The following census in 2011 counted 2,918 people in 618 households.<ref name="2011 Bushehr Province"> {{cite web |script-title=fa:سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان بوشهر |trans-title=General Population and Housing Census 2011: Bushehr Province |language=fa |website=Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University |url=https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Bushehr.xls |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230403085236/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Bushehr.xls |archive-date=3 April 2023 |agency={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|مرکز آمار ایران}} [Statistical Centre of Iran] |format=Excel |access-date=17 June 2025}}</ref> The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 6,775 people in 906 households, by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of [[Asaluyeh County]]. The rural district was transferred to the new [[Central District (Asaluyeh County)|Central District]], and the village was transferred to [[Akhand Rural District]] created in the district.<ref name="Asaluyeh County Establishment"/> Akhand was the most populous village in its rural district.<ref name="2016 Bushehr Province"> {{cite web |script-title=fa:سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان بوشهر |trans-title=General Population and Housing Census 2016: Bushehr Province |language=fa |website={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|مرکز آمار ایران}} [Statistical Centre of Iran] |url=https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_18.xlsx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803212745/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_18.xlsx |archive-date=3 August 2017 |format=Excel |access-date=17 June 2025}}</ref>

==See also== {{Portal-inline|Iran}} {{clear}}

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{{Bushehr Province|state=collapsed}}

{{Asaluyeh County|state=collapsed}}

[[Category:Populated places in Asaluyeh County]]

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