Posht Ab District

Posht Ab District Persian: بخش پشت‌آب
Former District
Posht Ab District
Coordinates: 30°57′N 60°46′E[1]
Country	Iran
Province	Sistan and Baluchestan
County	Zabol
Capital	Adimi
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	45,466
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Posht Ab District (Persian: بخش پشت‌آب) is a former administrative division of Zabol County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. Its capital was the city of Adimi.^[3]

History

In 2013, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Nimruz County.^[4]

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the district's population was 40,434 in 8,737 households.^[5] The following census in 2011 counted 45,466 people in 10,786 households.^[2]

Administrative divisions

Posht Ab District Population

Administrative Divisions	2006[5]	2011[2]
Adimi RD	15,157	17,820
Bazi RD	5,009	4,580
Qaemabad RD	13,039	15,637
Sefidabeh RD	4,255	4,101
Adimi (city)	2,974	3,328
Total	40,434	45,466
RD = Rural District

See also

Iran portal

References

1. OpenStreetMap contributors (15 January 2025). "Posht Ab District (Zabol County)" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 15 January 2025.
2. Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Sistan and Baluchestan Province. irandataportal.syr.edu (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 25 November 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022 – via Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University.
3. Habibi, Hassan (5 March 2013) [Approved 21 June 1369]. Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of Sistan and Baluchestan province, centered in the city of Zahedan. rc.majlis.ir (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board. Proposal 3233.1.5.53; Letter 907-93808; Notification 82822/T129. Archived from the original on 24 July 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2023 – via Research Center of the System of Laws of the Islamic Council of the Farabi Library of Mobile Users.
4. Rahimi, Mohammad Reza (c. 2023) [Approved 29 September 1391]. "Carrying out national divisions about Saberi and Teymurabad and Nimruz and Hamun Counties of Sistan and Baluchestan province". qavanin.ir (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers. Proposal 174107/42/4/1. Archived from the original on 16 April 2023. Retrieved 18 November 2023 – via Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
5. Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Sistan and Baluchestan Province. amar.org.ir (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.