Kharqan_Rural_District_(Semnan_Province)
Kharqan Rural District (Shahrud County)
Rural district in Semnan province, Iran
Kharqan Rural District (Persian: دهستان خرقان), formerly Bastam Rural District (دهستان بسطام),[3] is in Bastam District of Shahrud County, Semnan province, Iran.[4] Its capital is the village of Qaleh Now-e Kharaqan.[5]
At the National Census of 2006, its population was 15,936 in 4,406 households.[6] There were 16,308 inhabitants in 5,148 households at the following census of 2011.[7] At the most recent census of 2016, the population of the rural district was 18,877 in 6,438 households. The most populous of its 120 villages was Miqan, with 4,264 people.[2]