Akhand Rural District

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'''Akhand Rural District''' ({{langx|fa|دهستان اخند}}) is in the [[Central District (Asaluyeh County)|Central District]] of [[Asaluyeh County]], [[Bushehr province|Bushehr]] province, [[Iran]]. Its capital is the village of [[Akhand]].<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  |id=شماره ابلاغیه : ۲۰۰۶۵۳/ت۴۶۴۳۲ه [Notification 200653/T46432H] |publisher=‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior] |agency=هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]}}</ref>

==History== In 2013, [[Asaluyeh District]] was separated from [[Kangan County]] in the establishment of [[Asaluyeh County]], and Akhand Rural District was created in the new [[Central District (Asaluyeh County)|Central District]].<ref name="Asaluyeh County Establishment"/>

==Demographics== ===Population=== At the time of the 2016 National Census, the rural district's population was 10,385 in 1,764 households. The most populous of its six villages was [[Akhand]], with 6,775 people.<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>

===Other villages in the rural district=== {{div col|colwidth=10em}} *[[Askari, Asaluyeh|Askari]] *[[Dehnow, Asaluyeh|Dehnow]] *[[Gowd-e Akhand]] *[[Kalat, Asaluyeh|Kalat]] {{div col end}}

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

== References == {{reflist}}

[[Category:Rural Districts of Bushehr province]]

[[Category:Populated places in Asaluyeh County]]

[[Category:2013 establishments in Iran]]