Yasukand

For other places with a similar name to this city's alternate names, see Hasanabad. For the villages in West Azerbaijan province, see Yasi Kand and Yasti Kand.

Yasukand (Persian: یاسوکند)^[a] is a city in, and the capital of, Korani District of Bijar County, Kurdistan province, Iran.^[4] It also serves as the administrative center for Korani Rural District.^[5]

Yasukand Persian: یاسوکند
City
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Coordinates: 36°16′59″N 47°44′46″E[1]
Country	Iran
Province	Kurdistan
County	Bijar
District	Korani
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	3,490
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Demographics

Ethnicity

The city is populated by Turkics.^[6]

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 3,268 in 917 households.^[7] The following census in 2011 counted 3,784 people in 1,066 households.^[8] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 3,490 people in 1,067 households.^[2]

See also

Iran portal

Notes

1. Also romanized as Yāsūkand; also known as Hasan Ābād-e-Sowgand, Ḩasanābād-e Sūgand, Ḩasanābād-e Yāsūkand, and Korānī^[3]