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Villages in border areas are sensitive and fragile that any types of changes and ovulations can have economical and social effect the border functions not only on this area but also due to the dependency principle and systematic view can affect on other areas in country. Therefore, it is essential that the results and effects of any actions should be examined so that by identifying its strengths and weaknesses the steps to plan for making the borders area dynamic can be taken. Regarding these purposes in the present study, the effects of border closure on economic and social indicators of Kawmirabad rural areas in Marivann by applying 260 people’s view (using Cochran’s formula) and security, disciplinary and rural developing officials has been investigated. The study findings following the analysis by descriptive statistics (mode and mean) and inferential statistics (chi-square and Multiple Linear Regression) showed that both groups believed in border peace , transportation and traffic and sense of security on positive actions, but local people in contrary of officials believe that border closure makes their living situation worse. The Multiple Linear Regression showed that this bad living condition is the most important dimension in rural dissatisfaction from border closure in spite of their consent of other dimensions.

Keywords: border closure, closed border, Khawmirabad district

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