Akand

Akand is a city in, and the capital of, Rudpey District of Sari County, Mazandaran province, Iran.

Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, Akand's population was 1,407 in 378 households, when it was a village in Rudpey-ye Jonubi Rural District of the Central District. The following census in 2011 counted 1,354 people in 443 households, by which time the rural district had been separated from the district in the establishment of Rudpey District. The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 1,416 people in 485 households, when it had been transferred to the new Rudpey-ye Gharbi Rural District. It was the most populous village in its rural district.

After the census, Akand was elevated to the status of a city.