Koshksaray
{{Short description|City in East Azerbaijan province, Iran}}
{{for|the administrative divisions|Koshksaray District|Koshksaray Rural District}}
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| native_name = {{langx|fa|كشكسرائ}}
| settlement_type = City
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Iran
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = East Azerbaijan
| subdivision_type2 = County
| subdivision_name2 = Marand
| subdivision_type3 = District
| subdivision_name3 = Koshksaray
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| population_as_of = 2016
| population_total = 12250
| population_density_km2 = auto
| timezone = IRST
| utc_offset = +3:30
| coordinates = {{coord|38|27|42|N|45|33|59|E|dim:1km|display=inline,title}}
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Koshksaray ({{langx|fa|كشكسرائ}}){{efn|Also romanized as Kashk Saray, Koshk Sarāy, and Koshksarāy; also known as Keshki-Sarai, Koghk Sarāy, Kūshg Sarāy, and Kūshk Sarāy; Turkish: Köşksaray{{GEOnet3|-3072163}}}} is a city in, and the capital of, Koshksaray District in Marand County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran.{{cite report|title=Letter of approval regarding national divisions in Marand County, East Azerbaijan province|language=fa|website=qavanin.ir|via=Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran|url=https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/290946|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023232323/https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/290946|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Board of Ministers|last=Jahangiri|first=Ishaq|archive-date=23 October 2021|orig-date=Approved 10 October 2019|access-date=22 November 2023|date=c. 2021|id=Proposal 162260}} It was administrative center for Koshksaray Rural District{{cite report|title=Creation and formation of 12 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Marand County under East Azerbaijan province|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Research Center of the System of Laws of the Islamic Council of the Farabi Library of Mobile Users|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110089|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306123906/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110089|archive-date=6 March 2014|date=13 December 2015|orig-date=Approved 2 February 1366|id=Notification 43902/T265|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Board of Ministers|last=Mousavi|first=Mirhossein|access-date=5 December 2023}} until its capital was transferred to the village of Zanjireh.
Demographics
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At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 7,439 in 1,858 households, when it was in the Central District.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): East Azerbaijan 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/03.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920092432/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/03.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}} The following census in 2011 counted 7,723 people in 2,244 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): East Azerbaijan Province|website=irandataportal.syr.edu|via=Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|url=https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/East-Azerbaijan.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116202318/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/East-Azerbaijan.xls|archive-date=16 January 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}} The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 12,250 people in 2980 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): East Azerbaijan 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_03.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113123618/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_03.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=13 November 2020}}
In 2019, Koshksaray Rural District and the city of Koshksaray were separated from the district in the formation of Koshksaray District.
See also
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{{East Azerbaijan Province|state=collapsed}}
{{Marand County|state=collapsed}}
Category:Cities in East Azerbaijan province
Category:Populated places in Marand County
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