Komeshcheh
{{Short description|City in Isfahan province, Iran}}
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Komeshcheh ({{langx|fa|كمشچه}}){{efn|Also romanized as Komshecheh; also known as Gomsheh, Komshehcheh, Kumsheh, Qomsheh, and Qumisheh;{{GEOnet3|6013252}}{{cite web |url=http://geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=10818328&fid=2730&c=iran |title= کمشچه:Iran |access-date=2011-10-05}} also known as Gomshecheh{{cite web |url=http://geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=6015067&fid=3070&c=iran |title=Gomeshecheh: Iran, location, geographic coordinates and administrative status |access-date=2011-10-05}}}} is a city in Habibabad District of Borkhar County, Isfahan province, Iran, serving as the administrative center for Borkhar-e Sharqi Rural District.{{cite report|title=Carrying out reforms in the villages of Isfahan province|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Islamic Parliament Research Center|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/113208|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313030256/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/113208|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|archive-date=13 March 2012|date=23 December 1390|orig-date=Approved 29 August 1370|id=Proposal 9218.1.4.42; Letter 907-93808; Notification 71021/T138K|access-date=3 February 2024}} The previous capital of the rural district was the village of Mohsenabad.{{cite report|title=Creation and formation of 21 rural districts including villages, farms and places in a part of Isfahan County under Isfahan province|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Islamic Parliament Research Center|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110220|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151219010952/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110220|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|last=Mousavi|first=Mirhossein|archive-date=19 December 2015|date=28 December 2014|orig-date=Approved 10 April 1366|id=Proposal 36.1.5.52|access-date=8 December 2023}}
Demographics
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At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 4,395 in 1,072 households, when it was in the former Borkhar District of Borkhar and Meymeh County.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Isfahan 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/10.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920083455/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/10.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}}{{efn|Renamed Shahinshahr and Meymeh County and again renamed Shahinshahr County{{cite report|title=Approval regarding the national divisions of Shahinshahr County in Isfahan province|language=fa|website=sdil.ac.ir|via=Shahr Danesh Legal Research Institute|url=https://sdil.ac.ir/مصوبات-هیأت-دولت-دهه-دوم-شهریور-۱۴%DB%B0۳/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241009093909/https://sdil.ac.ir/مصوبات-هیأت-دولت-دهه-دوم-شهریور-۱۴%DB%B0۳/|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Cabinet of Ministers|archive-date=9 October 2024|last=Aref|first=Mohammad Reza|date=6 October 2024|orig-date=Approved 27 April 1403|id=Proposals 580 and 70730; Notification 79240/T61130AH|access-date=24 November 2024}}}} The following census in 2011 counted 4,871 people in 1,379 households,{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Isfahan 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/Esfahan.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117221845/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Esfahan.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 Borkhar County. Komeshcheh and the rural district were transferred to the new Habibabad District.{{cite report|title=Approval letter of the ministers of the Political-Defense Commission of the Government Board regarding some changes and divisions of the country in Isfahan province|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Islamic Parliament Research Center|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/132598|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001063248/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/132598|archive-date=1 October 2015|last=Davodi|first=Parviz|date=9 October 2014|orig-date=Approved 21 September 1386|id=Proposal 43036/42/1/4; Letter 58538/T26118H; Notification 153437/T35370K|access-date=9 June 2023|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Board}} The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 5,100 people in 1,598 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Isfahan 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_10.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019041954/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_10.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=19 October 2020}}
Overview
Founded in 1382, it is located about 20 kilometers Northeast of Esfahan, the provincial capital, and 200 kilometers South of Qum. In addition to some pre-Islamic monuments, it is the site of Ali Abad Shahvazy castle and old town mosque and bath. Its population is 5,500. Its main economic activity consists of bread manufacturing and home baking, which employ 2,000 people, and supplies the daily bread of a population of 200,000 in the surrounding areas.{{cite web |url=http://www.isfahanportal.ir/framework.jsp?SID=4114 |title=نام شهرداري : كمشچه - فرم خلاصه اطلاعات شهر و شهرداري |access-date=2010-11-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722015438/http://www.isfahanportal.ir/framework.jsp?SID=4114 |archive-date=2011-07-22 |url-status=dead }}
According to Iran media, the "world's largest flat bread," baked in Komeshjeh in 2008, was recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records.{{cite web |url=http://www.jamejamonline.ir/archnewstext.aspx?year=1387&month=3&day=8&newsnum=100939675796 |title= پخت بزرگترين نان مسطح جهان در اصفهان |access-date=2010-11-25}}
See also
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