Qushkhaneh, Shirvan

For the administrative divisions, see Qushkhaneh District, Qushkhaneh-ye Bala Rural District, and Qushkhaneh-ye Pain Rural District.

Qushkhaneh (Persian: قوشخانه)^[a] is a city in, and the capital of, Qushkhaneh District of Shirvan County, North Khorasan province, Iran.^[5] It also serves as the administrative center for Qushkhaneh-ye Bala Rural District.^[6][b]

Qushkhaneh Persian: قوشخانه
City
Qushkhaneh
Coordinates: 37°44′45″N 57°43′24″E[1]
Country	Iran
Province	North Khorasan
County	Shirvan
District	Qushkhaneh
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	996
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the population was 862 in 218 households, when it was the village of Yengi Qaleh-ye Bala^[c] in Qushkhaneh-ye Bala Rural District.^[7] The following census in 2011 counted 927 people in 256 households.^[8] The 2016 census measured the population as 996 people in 290 households,^[2] by which time Yengi Qaleh-ye Bala had been elevated to the status of a city as Qushkhaneh.^[3]

See also

Iran portal

Notes

1. Formerly Yengi Qaleh-ye Bala (ينگي قلعه بالا),^[3] also romanized as Yengī Qal‘eh-ye Bālā and Yangī Qal‘eh-ye Bālā; also known as Yangī Qal‘eh, Yengī Qaleh, and Yengī Qal‘eh-ye ‘Olyā^[4]
2. Formerly Qushkhaneh Rural District^[5]
3. Renamed Qushkhaneh^[3]