Komeshcheh

For the village in Ardestan County, see Komeshcheh.

Komeshcheh (Persian: كمشچه)^[a] is a city in Habibabad District of Borkhar County, Isfahan province, Iran, serving as the administrative center for Borkhar-e Sharqi Rural District.^[6] The previous capital of the rural district was the village of Mohsenabad.^[7]

Komeshcheh Persian: كمشچه
City
Komeshcheh
Coordinates: 32°54′18″N 51°48′35″E[1]
Country	Iran
Province	Isfahan
County	Borkhar
District	Habibabad
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	5,100
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 4,395 in 1,072 households, when it was in the former Borkhar District of Borkhar and Meymeh County.^[8][b] The following census in 2011 counted 4,871 people in 1,379 households,^[11] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Borkhar County. Komeshcheh and the rural district were transferred to the new Habibabad District.^[9] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 5,100 people in 1,598 households.^[2]

Overview

Founded in 1382, it is located about 20 kilometers Northeast of Esfahan, the provincial capital, and 200 kilometers South of Qum. In addition to some pre-Islamic monuments, it is the site of Ali Abad Shahvazy castle and old town mosque and bath. Its population is 5,500. Its main economic activity consists of bread manufacturing and home baking, which employ 2,000 people, and supplies the daily bread of a population of 200,000 in the surrounding areas.^[12]

According to Iran media, the "world's largest flat bread," baked in Komeshjeh in 2008, was recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records.^[13]

See also

Iran portal

Notes

1. Also romanized as Komshecheh; also known as Gomsheh, Komshehcheh, Kumsheh, Qomsheh, and Qumisheh;^[3][4] also known as Gomshecheh^[5]
2. Renamed Shahinshahr and Meymeh County^[9] and again renamed Shahinshahr County^[10]