Japelaq-e Sharqi Rural District (Persian: دهستان جاپلق شرقی) is in Japelaq District of Azna County, Lorestan province, Iran.

[4][a] At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district's population was 6,337 in 1,647 households.

[6] The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 5,289 in 1,698 households.

The most populous of its 28 villages was Marzian, with 986 people.

This Azna County location article is a stub.