Bala Velayat Rural District (Bakharz County)

Bala Velayat Rural District (Persian: دهستان بالا ولايت) is in Bala Velayat District of Bakharz County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran. Its capital is the village of Qaleh Now-e Olya.

Not to be confused with Bala Velayat District.
For other places with the same name, see Bala Velayat Rural District.

Bala Velayat Rural District
Persian: دهستان بالا ولايت
Rural District
Bala Velayat Rural District
Coordinates: 35°02′37″N 60°08′41″E
CountryIran
ProvinceRazavi Khorasan
CountyBakharz
DistrictBala Velayat
CapitalQaleh Now-e Olya
Population
 (2016)
 • Total10,984
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

At the National Census of 2006, its population (as a part of the former Bakharz District of Taybad County) was 17,145 in 3,723 households. There were 11,752 inhabitants in 3,135 households at the following census of 2011, by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Bakharz County. At the most recent census of 2016, the population of the rural district was 10,984 in 3,225 households. The most populous of its 19 villages was Shahrak-e Shahid Doktor Beheshti, with 1,736 people.

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