Neqab
{{Short description|City in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran}}
{{for|other places with a similar name|Naqab, Iran (disambiguation){{!}}Naqab}}
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Neqab ({{langx|fa|نقاب}}){{efn|Also romanized as Neqāb{{GEOnet3|-3076820}}}} is a city in the Central District of Joveyn County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.{{cite report|title=Approval letter regarding the reforms of national divisions in Razavi Khorasan province, Sabzevar County|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Islamic Parliament Research Center|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/135006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216225218/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/135006|archive-date=16 December 2014|orig-date=Approved 18 September 1386|date=c. 2014|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Board|last=Davodi|first=Parviz|access-date=14 November 2023|id=Proposal 130413/42/4/1; Notification 161474/T32507K}} It is also the administrative center for Bala Joveyn Rural District.{{cite report|title=Creation and formation of 22 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Sabzevar County under Khorasan province|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Islamic Parliament Research Center|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110255|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120831185745/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110255|archive-date=31 August 2012|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Board of Ministers|date=6 October 1391|orig-date=Approved 4 October 1366|id=Proposal 41.1.5.53|access-date=5 January 2024}}
Demographics
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At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 12,022 in 3,087 households, when it was in the former Joveyn District of Sabzevar County.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Razavi Khorasan 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/09.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920095433/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/09.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}} The following census in 2011 counted 13,614 people in 3,792 households,{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Razavi Khorasan 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/Razavi-Khorasan.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230120012029/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Razavi-Khorasan.xls|archive-date=20 January 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}} by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Joveyn County. The city and the rural district were transferred to the new Central District, with Neqab as the county's capital. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 14,783 people in 4,443 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Razavi Khorasan 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_09.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402213121/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_09.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=2 April 2022}}
See also
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{{Razavi Khorasan Province|state=collapsed}}
{{Joveyn County|state=collapsed}}
Category:Cities in Razavi Khorasan province
Category:Populated places in Joveyn County
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