Boluk
Boluk (Persian: بلوک, also Romanized as Bolūk and Bolook; also known as Bilūk and Bolūk-e Pā‘īn) is a city in, and the capital of, Esmaili District of Jiroft County, Kerman province, Iran. It also serves as the administrative center for Esmaili Rural District.
Boluk
Persian: بلوك | |
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City | |
Boluk | |
| Coordinates: 28°13′52″N 57°30′48″E | |
| Country | Iran |
| Province | Kerman |
| County | Jiroft |
| District | Esmaili |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Total | 5,304 |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
At the 2006 census, its population was 1,792 in 412 households, when it was a village in Esmaili Rural District of Anbarabad County. The following census in 2011 counted 4,070 people in 1,023 households, by which time Esmaili District had been separated from the county and become a part of Jiroft County. The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 5,304 people in 1,449 households, when the village had been elevated to the status of a city and had merged with the villages of Amirabad, Hoseynabad-e Sofla, and Mohammadabad-e Sofla.