Galikash

For the administrative division of Golestan Province, see Galikash County. For the former administrative division of Minudasht County, see Galikash District.

Galikash (Persian: گاليكش)^[a] is a city in the Central District of Galikash County, Golestan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.^[4]

Galikash Persian: گاليكش
City
Galikash
Coordinates: 37°16′22″N 55°25′58″E[1]
Country	Iran
Province	Golestan
County	Galikash
District	Central
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	23,394
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)
Galikash at GEOnet Names Server

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 20,009 in 4,829 households,^[5] when it was capital of the former Galikash District of Minudasht County.^[6] The following census in 2011 counted 20,831 people in 5,768 households,^[7] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Galikash County. Galikash was transferred to the new Central District as the county's capital.^[4] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 23,394 people in 6,996 households.^[2]

See also

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Notes

1. Also romanized as Galikesh^[3]