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Band-e Amir Rural District

Band-e Amir Rural District (Persian: دهستان بند امير) is in the Central District of Zarqan County, Fars province, Iran. Its capital is the village of Band-e Amir.

At the National Census of 2006, its population (as a part of the former Zarqan District of Shiraz County) was 9,085 in 2,205 households. There were 8,289 inhabitants in 2,268 households at the following census of 2011. At the most recent census of 2016, the population of the rural district was 7,554 in 2,188 households. The most populous of its 39 villages was Shul, with 2,438 people.

In July 2018, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Zarqan County, which was divided into two districts of two rural districts each, with the city of Zarqan as its capital.