Jowsheqan va Kamu

For the administrative division, see Jowshaqan-e Qali Rural District. For other places with a similar name, see Jowshaqan.

Jowsheqan va Kamu (Persian: جوشقان و كامو) was a city in Qamsar District of Kashan County, Isfahan province, Iran. It was the merger of four earlier settlements in 2000: Chugan (چوگان), Jowsheqan (جوشقان),^[a] Kamu (کامو),^[b] and Vahdatabad (وحدت آباد).^[5]

Jowsheqan va Kamu Persian: جوشقان و كامو
Former City
Jowsheqan va Kamu
Coordinates: 33°36′21″N 51°14′14″E[1]
Country	Iran
Province	Isfahan
County	Kashan
District	Kaki
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	4,766
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 5,477 in 1,730 households.^[6] The following census in 2011 counted 4,766 people in 1,658 households.^[2]

After the census, the city was split into two cities: Jowshaqan-e Qali and Kamu va Chugan.^[7]

Geography

The district is primarily agricultural. The water is supplied by local springs, the river Kan, and subterranean channels (kāhriz).

Economy

Agriculture

Major products are those of the cool (sardsir) climate. The farmers cultivate roses for extraction of rosewater (golāb), which is now a growing business in the region.

Mining

Jowsheqan has marble quarries, the exploitation of which has been the major industrial activity in the district.^[8]

See also

Iran portal

Notes

1. Also romanized as Jowsheqān; also known as Jowshaqān-e Qālī (جوشقان قالی), Jowsheqān-e-Qālī, and Jūshqān Qāli^[3]
2. Also romanized as Kāmū; also known as Qamu^[4]