Kiar-e_Gharbi_Rural_District
Kiar-e Gharbi Rural District
Rural district in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, Iran
Kiar-e Gharbi Rural District (Persian: دهستان كيار غربي), formerly Shalamzar Rural District (دهستان شلمزار),[3] is in the Central District of Kiar County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, Iran.[4] Its capital is the village of Kharaji.
At the National Census of 2006, its population (as a part of the former Kiar District of Shahrekord County) was 15,352 in 3,898 households.[5] There were 9,814 inhabitants in 2,979 households at the following census of 2011,[6] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Kiar County.[4] At the most recent census of 2016, the population of the rural district was 9,011 in 2,893 households. The most populous of its 12 villages was Kharaji, with 2,880 people.[2]