Khafr Rural District
rural district in Fars, Iran
Khafr Rural District (Persian: دهستان خفر) is in the Central District of Khafr County, Fars province, Iran. Its capital is the village of Zarjan. The rural district was previously administered from Bab Anar.
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district's population (as a part of the former Khafr District of Jahrom County) was 8,359 in 2,136 households. There were 3,057 inhabitants in 879 households at the following census of 2011. The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 3,396 in 1,043 households. The most populous of its nine villages was Zarjan, with 1,400 people.
In 2019, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Khafr County, and the rural district was transferred to the new Central District.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Khafr Rural District” is rural district in Fars, Iran. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Khafr, Rural and District, not as a finished interpretation.
Why this record matters
The phrase “rural district in Fars, Iran” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
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 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5677237. Authority coordinates are 28.967, 53.317. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2006, 2011, 2016 and 2019.
A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
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Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Khafr Rural District”, its source revision and the description used here.
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Questions for further research
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This entry incorporates text from “Khafr Rural District” 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.