Yanqaq

For the administrative division, see Yanqaq Rural District.

Yanqaq (Persian: ينقاق)^[a] is a city in the Central District of Galikash County, Golestan province, Iran.

Yanqaq Persian: ينقاق
City
Yanqaq
Coordinates: 37°17′48″N 55°22′05″E[1]
Country	Iran
Province	Golestan
County	Galikash
District	Central
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	3,919
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

It was the administrative center for Yanqaq Rural District as a village, whcich was moved to the village of Qoli Tappeh.^[4]

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, Yanqaq's population was 4,600 in 1,013 households, when it was a village in Yanqaq Rural District of the former Galikash District of Minudasht County.^[5] The following census in 2011 counted 4,073 people in 1,085 households,^[6] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Galikash County. The rural district was transferred to the new Central District.^[7] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 3,919 people in 1,143 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.^[2]

In 2023, Yanqaq was elevated to the status of a city.^[8]

See also

Iran portal

Notes

1. Also romanized as Yanqāq; also known as Banqāq^[3]