Qushkhaneh, Shirvan

City in North Khorasan province, Iran From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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]

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Qushkhaneh
Persian: قوشخانه
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Qushkhaneh
Coordinates: 37°44′45″N 57°43′24″E[1]
CountryIran
ProvinceNorth Khorasan
CountyShirvan
DistrictQushkhaneh
Population
 (2016)[2]
  Total
996
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)
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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

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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. Renamed Qushkhaneh[3]

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