Bakh

Coordinates: 31°18′09″N 54°04′52″E / 31.30250°N 54.08111°E / 31.30250; 54.08111
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Bakh
Persian: بخ
City
Bakh is located in Iran
Bakh
Bakh
Coordinates: 31°18′09″N 54°04′52″E / 31.30250°N 54.08111°E / 31.30250; 54.08111[1]
CountryIran
ProvinceYazd
CountyTaft
DistrictGarizat
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total718
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Bakh (Persian: بخ)[3] is a city in, and the capital of, Garizat District of Taft County, Yazd province, Iran.[4] It also serves as the administrative center for Garizat Rural District.[5]

At the 2006 National Census, its population was 779 in 215 households, when it was a village in Garizat Rural District of Nir District.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 1,067 people in 310 households,[7] by which time the rural district had been separated from the district in the establishment of Garizat District.[4] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 718 people in 224 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.[2]

After the census, the village of Bakh was elevated to the status of a city.[8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (3 March 2023). "Bakh, Taft County" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 21. Archived from the original (Excel) on 18 November 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. ^ Bakh can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3054886" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  4. ^ a b Davodi, Parviz (7 October 1387). "Approval letter regarding the establishment of Garizat District, centered on Bakh village, including Garizat and Kahduiyeh Rural Districts in Taft County, Yazd province". Islamic Parliament Research Center (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Council of Ministers. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  5. ^ Mousavi, Mirhossein (19 January 2013). "Abstraction of Abarkuh District from Abadeh County under Fars province and annexing it to Taft County under Yazd province and creating and forming 12 rural districts in this county". Research Center of the System of Laws of the Islamic Council of the Farabi Library of Mobile Users (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Board of Ministers. Archived from the original on 8 April 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 21. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  7. ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)". Syracuse University (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 21. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  8. ^ "Bakh Municipality was established in Garizat, Taft". Khabar Farsi (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Board of Ministers. 20 February 2020. Archived from the original on 26 November 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2023.