Meshkan, Razavi Khorasan Explained
| Meshkan |
| Native Name: | Persian: مشكان |
| Native Name Lang: | fa |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Pushpin Map: | Iran |
| Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Iran |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Razavi Khorasan |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Khoshab |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Meshkan |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Total: | 3540 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | IRST |
| Utc Offset: | +3:30 |
Meshkan (Persian: مشكان) is a city in, and the capital of, Meshkan District of Khoshab County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran.[2] It also serves as the administrative center for Meshkan Rural District.[3]
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, Meshkan's population was 4,004 in 929 households, when it was a village in Meshkan Rural District of the former Khoshab District of Sabzevar County.[4] The following census in 2011 counted 4,331 people in 1,116 households,[5] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Khoshab County. The rural district was transferred to the new Meshkan District.[2] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 3,540 people in 1,012 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.[6]
After the census, Meshkan was elevated to the status of a city.[7]
See also
Notes and References
- ((OpenStreetMap contributors)) . Meshkan, Khoshab County . . 3 May 2023 . 3 May 2023 . fa.
- Web site: Approval letter regarding definitions and country divisions in Sabzevar County . fa . Islamic Parliament Research Center . https://web.archive.org/web/20161220195101/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/782552 . 20 December 2016 . 28 February 2013 . Ministry of Interior, Board of Ministers . Rahimi . Mohammadreza . 14 November 2023.
- Web site: Mousavi . Mirhossein . Creation and establishment of 15 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Nishapur County under Khorasan province . https://web.archive.org/web/20151117025956/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110250 . Islamic Parliament Research Center . Ministry of Interior, Board of Ministers . 3 January 2024 . 17 November 2015.
- Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006) . 09 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 25 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110920095433/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/09.xls . Excel . 20 September 2011.
- Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011) . 09 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . Syracuse University . https://web.archive.org/web/20230120012029/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Razavi-Khorasan.xls . 20 January 2023 . 19 December 2022 . Excel.
- Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016) . 09 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 19 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220402213121/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_09.xlsx . Excel . 2 April 2022.
- Web site: Notification of the approval of the Ministry of Interior regarding the conversion of Meshkan village, the center of Meshkan District, Khoshab County, into a city . fa . DOTIC . https://web.archive.org/web/20230502200739/https://dotic.ir/news/1679 . Fazli . Abdolreza Rahmani . 2 May 2023 . Ministry of Interior . 17 December 2016 . 2 May 2023.
