Torqabeh

For the administrative divisions, see Torqabeh and Shandiz County, Torqabeh District, and Torqabeh Rural District.

Torqabeh (Persian: طرقبه)^[a] is a city in Torqabeh District of Torqabeh and Shandiz County,^[b] Razavi Khorasan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.^[5]

Torqabeh Persian: طرقبه
City
Torqabeh
Coordinates: 36°18′51″N 59°22′21″E[1]
Country	Iran
Province	Razavi Khorasan
County	Torqabeh and Shandiz
District	Torqabeh
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	20,998
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)
Torqabeh at GEOnet Names Server

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 13,158 in 3,668 households, when it was in Mashhad County.^[6] The following census in 2011 counted 16,718 people in 5,067 households,^[7] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Binalud County.^[8][c] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 20,998 people in 6,612 households.^[2]

Notes

1. Also romanized as Ţoroqbeh, Ţorqabeh, and Torqebeh; also known as Targhobeh^[3]
2. Formerly Binalud County^[4]
3. Renamed Torqabeh and Shandiz County^[4]