Ostay

For the city formerly with this name, see Bakharz. For the villages in Torbat-e Jam County, see Ostay-ye Olya and Ostay-ye Sofla.

Ostay Persian: استاي
Village
Ostay
Coordinates: 34°50′22″N 60°18′13″E / 34.83944°N 60.30361°E / 34.83944; 60.30361[1][2]
Country	Iran
Province	Razavi Khorasan
County	Bakharz
District	Central
Rural District	Malin
Population  (2016)[3]
• Total	2,995
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Ostay (Persian: استاي)^[a] is a village in Malin Rural District^[4][b] of the Central District of Bakharz County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 2,790 in 611 households, when it was in Kuhsangi Rural District of Miyan Velayat District in Taybad County.^[5] The following census in 2011 counted 3,024 people in 755 households,^[6] by which time the village had been separated from the county in the establishment of Bakharz County. Ostay was transferred to Malin Rural District^[b] of the new Central District.^[4] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 2,995 people in 841 households, the most populous in its rural district.^[3]

See also

Iran portal

Notes

1. Also romanized as Ostāy
2. Formerly Bakharz Rural District^[4]

References

1. OpenStreetMap contributors (14 February 2026). "دهستان مالین, بخش مرکزی شهرستان باخرز [Malin Rural District, Central District of Bakharz County], Bakharz County, Razavi Khorasan, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 14 February 2026.
2. "R8Q3+QCH Ostad Bakharz, Iran" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
3. سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان خراسان رضوی [General Population and Housing Census 2016: Razavi Khorasan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 2 April 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
4. Rahimi, Mohammad Reza (25 July 2010) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 3/5/1389 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصویب‌نامه در خصوص اصلاحات تقسیماتی در استان خراسان رضوی [‌Approval regarding divisional reforms in Razavi Khorasan province]. مرکز پژوهشهای مجلس شورای اسلامی ایران [Research Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. پیشنهاد شماره [Proposal No.] 203213/42/4/1. Archived from the original on 5 November 2010. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
5. سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان خراسان رضوی [General Population and Housing Census 2006: Razavi Khorasan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
6. سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان خراسان رضوی [General Population and Housing Census 2011: Razavi Khorasan Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.