Pish Qaleh

{{Short description|City in North Khorasan province, Iran}}

{{for|the village in Bojnord County|Pish Qaleh, Bojnord{{!}}Pish Qaleh}}

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Pish Qaleh ({{langx|fa|پيش قلعه}}){{efn|Also romanized as Pīsh Qal‘eh; also known as Qal‘eh{{GEOnet3|-3767115}}}} is a city in the Central District{{efn|Formerly Maneh District of Samalqan County}} of Maneh County, North Khorasan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county{{cite report|title=Approval letter regarding country divisions in North Khorasan and Golestan provinces|language=fa|website=rrk.ir|url=https://rrk.ir/Laws/ShowLaw.aspx?Code=27419|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230809011041/https://rrk.ir/Laws/ShowLaw.aspx?Code=27419|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Board of Ministers|last=Mokhbar|first=Mohammad|archive-date=9 August 2023|date=7 August 2023|access-date=27 October 2023}} and the district.{{Cite report|title=Creating changes and reforms in the country divisions of Bojnord County in Khorasan province|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/121206|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100730080333/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/121206|archive-date=30 July 2010|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Islamic Parliament Research Center|language=fa|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Board of Ministers|orig-date=Approved 17 December 1379|date=c. 2010|id=Proposal 1.4.42.13227; Notification 58694/22027H|access-date=11 January 2024}} As a village, it was the capital of Maneh Rural District{{Cite report|title=Creation and formation of 14 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Bojnord County under Khorasan province|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110354|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151214195939/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110354|archive-date=14 December 2015|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Islamic Parliament Research Center|language=fa|last=Mousavi|first=Mirhossein|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|orig-date=Approved 18 May 1366|date=23 December 2014|access-date=18 December 2023|id=Proposal 11814; Notification 117956/T928}}{{efn|Renamed Atrak Rural District}} until its capital was transferred to the village of Mohammadabad, from which it was transferred again to Bazareh-ye Qarnas.