Esmail Chat
village in Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran
Esmail Chat (Persian: اسماعيل چات) is a village in, and the capital of, Esmail Chat Rural District of the Central District of Zarabad County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran.
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 498 in 70 households, when it was in Zarabad-e Sharqi Rural District of Zarabad District in Konarak County. The following census in 2011 counted 732 people in 159 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 831 people in 189 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.
After the census, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Zarabad County and renamed the Central District. Esmail Chat was transferred to Esmail Chat Rural District created in the district.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 20, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q16891139. Authority coordinates are 25.644, 59.416. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2006, 2011 and 2016.
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This entry incorporates text from “Esmail Chat” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.