Boluk
Persian: بلوك | |
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Coordinates: 28°13′52″N 57°30′48″E / 28.23111°N 57.51333°E / 28.23111; 57.51333[1] | |
Country | Iran |
Province | Kerman |
County | Jiroft |
District | Esmaili |
Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 5,304 |
Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
Boluk (Persian: بلوک, also Romanized as Bolūk and Bolook; also known as Bilūk and Bolūk-e Pā‘īn)[3] is a city in, and the capital of, Esmaili District of Jiroft County, Kerman province, Iran.[4] It also serves as the administrative center for Esmaili Rural District.[5]
At the 2006 census, its population was 1,792 in 412 households, when it was a village in Esmaili Rural District of Anbarabad County.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 4,070 people in 1,023 households,[7] by which time Esmaili District had been separated from the county and become a part of Jiroft County.[4] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 5,304 people in 1,449 households,[2] when the village had been elevated to the status of a city and had merged with the villages of Amirabad, Hoseynabad-e Sofla, and Mohammadabad-e Sofla.[8]
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