Meshkan, Razavi Khorasan

Meshkan

Persian: مشكان
Meshkan Persian: مشكان
City
	Meshkan
	Coordinates: 36°32′01″N 58°08′44″E[1]
Country	Iran
Province	Razavi Khorasan
County	Khoshab
District	Meshkan
Population (2016)[2]
• Total	3,540
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Meshkan (Persian: مشكان, also Romanized as Meshkān, Mashkān, and Mashgan)[3] is a city in, and the capital of, Meshkan District of Khoshab County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran.

At the 2006 census, its population was 4,004 in 929 households, when it was a village in Meshkan Rural District of the former Khoshab District of Sabzevar County.[4] The following census in 2011 counted 4,331 people in 1,116 households, by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Khoshab County.[5] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 3,540 people in 1,012 households. It was the largest village in its rural district.[2]

After the census, the village of Meshkan was elevated to the status of a city. [6]

References

OpenStreetMap contributors (3 May 2023). "Meshkan, Khoshab County" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
"Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 09. Archived from the original (Excel) on 2 April 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
Meshkan can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3074282" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
"Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 09. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
"Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)" (Excel). Iran Data Portal (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 09. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
Fazli, Abdolreza Rahmani (17 December 2016). "Notification of the approval of the Ministry of Interior regarding the conversion of Meshkan village, the center of Meshkan District, Khoshab County, into a city". DOTIC (in Persian). Ministry of Interior. Archived from the original on 2 May 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2023.

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[1] OpenStreetMap contributors (3 May 2023). "Meshkan, Khoshab County" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 3 May 2023.

[2016_census-2] "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 09. Archived from the original (Excel) on 2 April 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.

[3] Meshkan can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3074282" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".

[2006_census-4] "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 09. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.

[2011_census-5] "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)" (Excel). Iran Data Portal (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 09. Retrieved 19 December 2022.

[Meshkan-6] Fazli, Abdolreza Rahmani (17 December 2016). "Notification of the approval of the Ministry of Interior regarding the conversion of Meshkan village, the center of Meshkan District, Khoshab County, into a city". DOTIC (in Persian). Ministry of Interior. Archived from the original on 2 May 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2023.