Gosht, Iran Explained
| Gosht |
| Native Name: | Persian: گشت |
| Native Name Lang: | fa |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Pushpin Map: | Iran |
| Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Iran |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Sistan and Baluchestan |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Saravan |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Central |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Total: | 4992 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | IRST |
| Utc Offset: | +3:30 |
Gosht (Persian: گشت is a city in the Central District of Saravan County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran, serving as the administrative center for Gosht Rural District.[2] From the southeast to Saravan is 65 km away and from the northwest to Khash with a distance of 95 km.
Demographics
Language and ethnicity
Most people in Gosht are Baloch and most people speak the Balochi language.
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, Gosht's population was 3,863 in 830 households, when it was a village in Gosht Rural District.[3] The following census in 2011 counted 5,145 people in 1,134 households,[4] by which time the village had been elevated to the status of a city. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 4,992 people in 1,229 households.[5]
See also
Notes and References
- ((OpenStreetMap contributors)) . Gosht, Saravan County . . 18 April 2023 . 18 April 2023 . fa.
- Web site: Creation and formation of 13 rural districts including villages, farms and places mentioned in this approval in Saravan County under Sistan and Baluchestan province . fa . Qavanin . https://web.archive.org/web/20220910150940/https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/131116 . 10 September 2022 . Mousavi . Mirhossein . 2 February 1366 . 18 April 2023.
- Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006) . 11 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 25 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110920083538/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/11.xls . Excel . 20 September 2011.
- Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011) . 11 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . Syracuse University . https://web.archive.org/web/20221125114706/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Sistan-and-Baluchestan.xls . 25 November 2022 . 19 December 2022 . Excel.
- Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016) . 11 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 19 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211223104011/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_11.xlsx . Excel . 23 December 2021.
