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{{Short description|Village in South Khorasan province, Iran}}
{{for|the administrative division|Afin Rural District}}
{{distinguish|Afrin (disambiguation){{!}}Afrin}}
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|subdivision_name        = [[Iran]]
|subdivision_type1       = [[Provinces of Iran|Province]]
|subdivision_name1       = [[South Khorasan province|South Khorasan]]
|subdivision_type2       = [[Counties of Iran|County]]
|subdivision_name2       = [[Zirkuh County|Zirkuh]]
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|subdivision_name3       = [[Zohan District|Zohan]]
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|subdivision_name4       = [[Afin Rural District|Afin]]
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'''Afin''' ({{langx|fa|افين}}){{efn|Also [[romanize]]d as '''Āfīn'''; also known as '''Afih'''<ref>{{GEOnet3|-3051791|Afin}}</ref>}} is a village in, and the capital of, [[Afin Rural District]] of [[Zohan District]],<ref name="Khorasan Province Reforms 122027">{{cite report|title=Reforms and changes in the following divisions in Khorasan province|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Islamic Parliament Research Center of the Islamic Republic of Iran|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/122027|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625132717/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/122027|archive-date=25 June 2017|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Board|date=4 July 1396|orig-date=Approved 22 March 1381|last=Aref|first=Mohammad Reza|access-date=5 January 2024|id=Proposal 1.4.42.77505; Letter 58537/T26118AH; Notification 12380/T25503K}}</ref> [[Zirkuh County]], [[South Khorasan province|South Khorasan]] province, [[Iran]].
==Demographics==
===Population===
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 1,465 in 415 households, when it was in [[Qaen County]].<ref name="2006 South Khorasan Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): South Khorasan Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/29.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920092820/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/29.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}}</ref> The following census in 2011 counted 1,315 people in 418 households.<ref name="2011 South Khorasan Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): South Khorasan Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=irandataportal.syr.edu|via=Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University|url=https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/South-Khorasan.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230120174134/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/South-Khorasan.xls|archive-date=20 January 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}}</ref> The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 1,215 people in 402 households, by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Zirkuh County.<ref name="Zirkuh County Establishment">{{Cite report|title=Reforms and creation of national divisions in Qaen and Zirkuh Counties in South Khorasan province|url=https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/185326|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210202082533/https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/185326|archive-date=2 February 2021|website=qavanin.ir|via=Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Board of Ministers|last=Rahimi|first=Mohammad Reza|language=fa|orig-date=Approved 5 August 2013|date=c. 2021|id=Proposal 96287/42/1/4/1|access-date=24 November 2023}}</ref> It was the most populous village in its rural district.<ref name="2016 South Khorasan Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): South Khorasan Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_29.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017050122/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_29.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=17 October 2020}}</ref>
==See also==
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== Notes ==
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== References ==
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{{South Khorasan Province|state=collapsed}}
{{Zirkuh County|state=collapsed}}
[[Category:Populated places in Zirkuh County]]
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