Kakhk

For the administrative divisions, see Kakhk District and Kakhk Rural District.

Kakhk (Persian: کاخْک)^[a] is a city in, and the capital of, Kakhk District of Gonabad County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran.^[4]

Kakhk Persian: کاخْک
City
Kakhk
Coordinates: 34°08′53″N 58°38′44″E[1]
Country	Iran
Province	Razavi Khorasan
County	Gonabad
District	Kakhk
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	4,625
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)
Kakhk at GEOnet Names Server

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 4,015 in 1,252 households.^[5] The following census in 2011 counted 4,413 people in 1,338 households.^[6] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 4,625 people in 1,549 households.^[2]

Geography and climate

The city is classified as having a steppe climate with medium latitude at an altitude of 1483.26 meters above sea level. The annual temperature of the region is 17.42 degrees Celsius and 1.01% lower than the average temperature of Iran. Kakhk normally receives about 26.86 mm of rain and has 51.34 rainy days annually.^[7][8]

See also

Iran portal

Notes

1. Also romanized as Kākhak and Kākhk; also known as Kākh^[3]