Galikash

{{for multi|the administrative division of Golestan Province|Galikash County|the former administrative division of Minudasht County|Galikash District}}

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Galikash ({{langx|fa|گاليكش}}){{efn|Also romanized as Galikesh{{GEOnet3|-3063282}}}} is a city in the Central District of Galikash County, Golestan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.{{cite report|title=Divisional changes and reforms in Golestan province|language=fa|via=qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/?IDS=10503364040954659624 (Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran)|publisher=Ministry of the Interior|last=Rahimi|first=Mohammad Reza|quote=Galikash city, with the center of Galikash city, is created from the combination of the following sections under Golestan province: 2- Loveh section...}}

Demographics

=Population=

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 20,009 in 4,829 households,{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Golestan Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/27.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920085741/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/27.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}} when it was capital of the former Galikash District of Minudasht County.{{cite report|title=Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the divisions of Mazandaran province, centered in Sari city|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/113042|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114003543/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/113042|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Council|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|archive-date=14 January 2024|orig-date=Approved 21 June 1369|date=c. 2024|id=Subject Letter 3233.1.5.53; Notification 83346/T144K|access-date=14 January 2024}} The following census in 2011 counted 20,831 people in 5,768 households,{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Golestan Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=irandataportal.syr.edu|via=Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University|url=https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Golestan.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117141913/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Golestan.xls|archive-date=17 January 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}} by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Galikash County. Galikash was transferred to the new Central District as the county's capital. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 23,394 people in 6,996 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Golestan Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_27.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329051758/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_27.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=29 March 2019}}

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Category:Cities in Golestan province

Category:Populated places in Galikash County

Galikash

Demographics

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