Gukjeh

For the village in Kurdistan province, see Gugjeh. For the village in Zanjan province, see Gugjeh-ye Yeylaq.

Gukjeh (Persian: گوكجه)^[a] is a village in, and the capital of, Zavkuh Rural District of Pishkamar District, Kalaleh County, Golestan province, Iran.^[4] The previous capital of the rural district was the village of Pishkamar,^[5] now the city of Faraghi.^[6]

Gukjeh Persian: گوكجه
Village
Gukjeh
Coordinates: 37°30′35″N 55°32′16″E[1]
Country	Iran
Province	Golestan
County	Kalaleh
District	Pishkamar
Rural District	Zavkuh
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	1,381
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 1,390 in 288 households, when it was in Tamran Rural District of the Central District.^[7] The following census in 2011 counted 1,332 people in 370 households,^[8] by which time Zavkuh Rural District had been separated from the district in the establishment of Pishkamar District. Gukjeh was transferred to the rural district.^[4] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 1,381 people in 409 households.^[2]

See also

Iran portal

Notes

1. Also romanized as Gūkjeh; also known as Būkcheh^[3]