Kelar-e Sharqi Rural District


Kelar-e Sharqi Rural District is in Kelar District of Abbasabad County, Mazandaran province, Iran. Its capital is the village of Charez.

History

In 2009, Abbasabad District was separated from Tonekabon County in the establishment of Abbasabad County, which was divided into two districts of two rural districts each, with the city of Abbasabad as its capital. Kelarabad-e Sharqi Rural District was created in the new Kelarabad District.
In 2012, the rural district and the city of Kelarabad were separated from the district in the formation of Kelar District. The rural district was renamed Kelar-e Sharqi Rural District.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2011 National Census, the rural district's population was 4,261 inhabitants in 1,354 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 2,409 in 795 households, by which time it had been separated from the district in the formation of Kelar District and renamed Kelar-e Sharqi Rural District. The most populous of its six villages was Charez, with 978 people.

Other villages in the rural district