Kargan_Rud_District
Kargan Rud District
District in Gilan province, Iran
Kargan Rud District (Persian: بخش کرگانرود) is in Talesh County, Gilan province, in northwestern Iran. Its capital is the city of Lisar.[3] The dialect of Kargan Rud is a variety of Talysh.[4] The area was historically part of the Karganrud Khanate. It was created after the Russo-Persian War, when Fath 'Ali Shah divided Persian Talesh among 5 prominent families to weaken Mir Mostafa Khan's power.[5][6]
At the 2006 census, the district's population was 24,804 in 6,216 households.[7] The following census in 2011 counted 25,546 people in 7,346 households.[8] At the latest census in 2016, the district had 26,508 inhabitants in 8,459 households.[2]