Arad_Rural_District
Arad Rural District
Rural district in Fars province, Iran
Arad Rural District (Persian: دهستان ارد)[3] is in Arad District of Gerash County, Fars province, Iran.[4] It is administered from the city of Arad.[5]
At the National Census of 2006, its population (as a part of the former Gerash District of Larestan County) was 6,564 in 1,446 households.[6] There were 5,767 inhabitants in 1,666 households at the following census of 2011,[7] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Gerash County.[4] At the most recent census of 2016, the population of the rural district was 5,443 in 1,610 households. The most populous of its 11 villages was Arad (now a city),[8] with 5,094 people.[2]