Rahmatabad, Sarakhs

Rahmatabad رحمت اباد
village
Rahmatabad
Coordinates: 36°01′26″N 60°43′56″E
Country	Iran
Province	Razavi Khorasan
County	Sarakhs
Bakhsh	Marzdaran
Rural District	Marzdaran
Population  (2006)
• Total	135
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+4:30 (IRDT)

Rahmatabad (Persian: رحمت اباد, also Romanized as Raḩmatābād; also known as Qal‘eh Sangī, Qal‘eh Sangī-ye Raḩmatābād, and Sarsarī)^[1] is a village in Marzdaran Rural District, Marzdaran District, Sarakhs County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 135, in 32 families.^[2]

This village is located 95 km southwest of Sarakhs city and next to Kashaf river. Its altitude is 695 meters above sea level and its climate is temperate and dry and located in the mountains.^[3]

Anthropology

The people of this  village are from the Shahsevan and Qashqai tribes who were forced to move to this area during the reign of Reza Shah due to fear of the Shahsevans taking power.

References

1. Rahmatabad can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3080694" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
2. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 2011-09-20.
3. "Maps". bing.com. Retrieved 2021-09-16.