Yam_Rural_District
Yam Rural District
Rural district in Razavi Khorasan province, Iran
Yam Rural District (Persian: دهستان يام) is in Meshkan District of Khoshab County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran. Its capital is the village of Yam.[3]
After the 2006 National Census, Khoshab District was separated from Sabzevar County in the establishment of Khoshab County, which was divided into two districts of two rural districts each, with the city of Soltanabad as its capital and only city at the time.[3]
At the census of 2011, its population was 5,491 in 1,602 households.[4] At the most recent census of 2016, the population of the rural district was 4,679 in 1,634 households. The most populous of its 37 villages was Dahaneh-ye Shur, with 753 people.[2]