Kuhestak Explained

Kuhestak
Native Name:Persian: کوهستک
Native Name Lang:fa
Settlement Type:City
Pushpin Map:Iran
Coordinates Footnotes:[1]
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Iran
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Hormozgan
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Sirik
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Bemani
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2016
Population Total:3060
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:IRST
Utc Offset:+3:30

Kuhestak (Persian: کوهستک) is a city in, and the capital of, Bemani District of Sirik County, Hormozgan province, Iran.[2] It also serves as the administrative center for Bemani Rural District.[3]

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, Kuhestak's population was 2,449 in 430 households, when it was a village in Bemani Rural District of the former Byaban District of Minab County.[4] The following census in 2011 counted 2,548 people in 591 households,[5] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Sirik County. The rural district was transferred to the new Bemani District.[2] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 3,060 people in 746 households,[6] when Kuhestak had been elevated to the status of a city.[7]

See also

Notes and References

  1. ((OpenStreetMap contributors)) . Kuhestak, Sirik County . . 13 September 2023 . 13 September 2023 . fa.
  2. Web site: Approval letter regarding the reforms of country divisions in Hormozgan province . fa . Islamic Parliament Research Center of the Islamic Republic of Iran . https://web.archive.org/web/20190403064532/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/134986 . Ministry of Interior, Political-Defense Commission . Davodi . Parviz . 3 April 2019 . 14 April 2018 . 23 November 2023.
  3. Web site: Creation and establishment of 15 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Minab County under Hormozgan province . fa . Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran . https://web.archive.org/web/20230510000827/https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/131153 . Ministry of Interior, Council of Ministers . Mousavi . Mirhossein . 10 May 2023 . 2 February 1366 . 23 November 2023.
  4. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006) . 22 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 25 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110920094743/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/22.xls . Excel . 20 September 2011.
  5. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011) . 22 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . Syracuse University . https://web.archive.org/web/20230117182750/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Hormozgan.xls . 17 January 2023 . 19 December 2022 . Excel.
  6. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016) . 22 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 19 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220505014212/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_22.xlsx . Excel . 5 May 2022.
  7. Web site: Approval letter regarding the transformation of the villages of Tazian-e Pain, Kuhestak, Tirur and Lamazan into cities . fa . Lamtakam . https://web.archive.org/web/20240209190620/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/829003 . Ministry of Interior, Political and Defense Commission . Rahimi . Mohammad Reza . 9 February 2024 . 29 June 1391 . 9 February 2024.