Seh Qaleh
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{{Short description|City in South Khorasan province, Iran}}
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Seh Qaleh ({{langx|fa|سه قلعه}}){{efn|Also romanized as Seh Qal‘eh; also known as Seh Kaleh{{GEOnet3|-3083433}}}} is a city in, and the capital of, Seh Qaleh District of Sarayan County, South Khorasan province, Iran,{{cite report|title=Divisional reforms in South Khorasan and Razavi Khorasan provinces|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/125257|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231228171156/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/125257|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Board|last=Aref|first=Mohammad Reza|archive-date=28 December 2023|date=c. 2023|orig-date=Approved 27 December 1383|id=Proposal 1.4.42.126699; Notification 26896/T32435K|access-date=28 December 2023}} It also serves as the administrative center for Seh Qaleh Rural District.{{cite report|title=Creation and formation of six rural districts including villages, farms and places in a part of Ferdows County under Khorasan province|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Islamic Parliament Research Center of the Islamic Republic of Iran|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110218|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100909163827/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110218|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Board of Ministers|last=Mousavi|first=Mirhossein|archive-date=9 September 2010|access-date=28 December 2023|date=18 June 2019|orig-date=Approved 4 October 1366|id=Proposal 40.1.5.53; Notification 202/T643}}
Demographics
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At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 5,036 in 1,225 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): South 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/29.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920092820/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/29.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}} The following census in 2011 counted 4,242 people in 1,155 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): South 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/South-Khorasan.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230120174134/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/South-Khorasan.xls|archive-date=20 January 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}} The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 4,436 people in 1,290 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): South 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_29.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017050122/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_29.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=17 October 2020}}
See also
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{{South Khorasan Province|state=collapsed}}
{{Sarayan County|state=collapsed}}
Category:Cities in South Khorasan province
Category:Populated places in Sarayan County
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