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Siminshahr
City in Golestan province, Iran From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Siminshahr (Persian: سيمين شهر)[a] is a city in, and the capital of, Goldasht District of Gomishan County, Golestan province, Iran. It was previously the administrative center for Jafarbay-ye Sharqi Rural District until its capital was transferred to the village of Basirabad.[3]
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History
In 2002, the villages of Bonavar (بناور),[b] Qarqi (قارقی), and Katuk (کتوک) merged to form the new city of Siminshahr.[5]
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 13,545 in 2,762 households, when it was in the former Gomishan District of Torkaman County.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 15,539 people in 3,666 households,[7] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Gomishan County. Siminshahr and the rural district were transferred to the new Goldasht District.[3] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 17,205 people in 4,493 households.[2]
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See also
Notes
- Also romanized as Sīmīnshahr
References
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