Yaft Rural District

Yaft Rural District is in Moradlu District of Meshgin Shahr County, Ardabil province, Iran. Its capital is the village of Kanchubeh.

Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district's population was 3,493 in 544 households. There were 2,900 inhabitants in 710 households at the following census of 2011. The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 2,419 in 666 households. The most populous of its 14 villages was Mashiran, with 815 people.

In literature
The 14th-century author Hamdallah Mustawfi listed Yāft in his Nuzhat al-Qulub as a forested district comprising about 20 villages. He wrote that it had a warm climate, produced grain and some fruit, and was assessed at a tax value of 4,000 dinars.