Gowhar Kuh Rural District

Gowhar Kuh Rural District is in Gowhar Kuh District of Taftan County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. Its capital is the village of Gowhar Shahr-e Chah-e Darkhati.

Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district's population (as a part of the former Nukabad District of Khash County) was 9,100 in 1,887 households. There were 8,383 inhabitants in 2,048 households at the following census of 2011. The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 10,078 in 3,024 households. The most populous of its 195 villages was Shirabad, with 751 people.

In 2018, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Taftan County, which was divided into three districts of two rural districts each, with Nukabad as its capital and only city.