Somghan Rural District

Somghan Rural District is in the Central District of Kuhchenar County, Fars province, Iran. Its capital is the village of Somghan. The previous capital of the rural district was the village of Malay-e Anbar.

At the National Census of 2006, its population (as a part of the former Chenar Shahijan District of Kazerun County) was 8,171 in 1,719 households. There were 8,434 inhabitants in 2,220 households at the following census of 2011. At the most recent census of 2016, the population of the rural district was 9,092 in 2,528 households. The most populous of its 18 villages was Malay-e Anbar, with 4,594 people.

In 2018, Kuhmareh Rural District, Somghan Rural District, Nowdan, and Qaemiyeh were separated from the county in the establishment of Kuhchenar County, which was divided into two districts of two rural districts each, with the city of Qaemiyeh as its capital.