Lakestan Rural District

Lakestan Rural District
Persian: نام قوم ایرانی لكستان
Lakestan Rural District is located in Iran
Lakestan Rural District
Lakestan Rural District
Coordinates: 38°14′10″N 44°57′59″E / 38.23611°N 44.96639°E / 38.23611; 44.96639[1]
CountryIran
ProvinceWest Azerbaijan
CountySalmas
DistrictCentral
CapitalQarah Qeshlaq
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total10,387
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Lakestan Rural District (Persian: دهستان لكستان)[3] is in the Central District of Salmas County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran.[4] Its capital is the village of Qarah Qeshlaq.[5] The previous capital of the rural district was the village of Soltan Ahmad.[6]

  1. ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (27 September 2024). "Lakestan Rural District (Salmas County)" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2016 West Azerbaijan Province was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Iranian National Committee for Standardization of Geographical Names website (in Persian)
  4. ^ Habibi, Hassan (c. 2023) [Approved 21 June 1369]. 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. lamtakam.com (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Council. Notification 82808/T137. Archived from the original on 20 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023 – via Lam ta Kam.
  5. ^ Habibi, Hassan (22 December 2014) [Approved 29 August 1370]. Making reforms in the villages of West Azerbaijan province. rc.majlis.ir (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board. Proposal 9218.1.4.42; Notification 71023/T140K. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2023 – via Islamic Parliament Research Center.
  6. ^ Mousavi, Mirhossein (c. 2014) [Approved 2 February 1366]. Creation and formation of seven rural districts including villages, farms and places in Salmas County under West Azerbaijan province. rc.majlis.ir (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Board of Ministers. Proposal 1.5.53.11393; Notification 110692/T290. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2023 – via Research Center of the System of Laws of the Islamic Council of the Farabi Library of Mobile Users.