Siminshahr

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Siminshahr ({{langx|fa|سيمين شهر}}){{efn|Also romanized as Sīmīnshahr}} is a city in, and the capital of, Goldasht District of Gomishan County, Golestan province, Iran. It was previously the administrative center for Jafarbay-ye Sharqi Rural District until its capital was transferred to the village of Basirabad.{{cite report|title=Approval letter regarding national divisions in Torkaman County|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/135217|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240213170328/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/135217|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|last=Davodi|first=Parviz|archive-date=13 February 2024|orig-date=Approved 23 January 1388|date=c. 2024|id=Proposal 100837/42/1; Notification 19104/T41227H|access-date=13 February 2024}}

History

In 2002, the villages of Bonavar (بناور),{{efn|Capital of Jafarbay-ye Sharqi Rural District, Gomishan District, Torkaman County{{cite report|title=Creation and formation of three rural districts including villages, farms and places in Torkaman County under Mazandaran province|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/109317|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240214165205/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/109317|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|last=Mousavi|first=Mirhossein|archive-date=14 February 2024|date=c. 2024|orig-date=Approved 25 December 1364|access-date=14 February 2024|id=Proposal 17018}}}} Qarqi (قارقی), and Katuk (کتوک) merged to form the new city of Siminshahr.{{cite report|title=Merging the villages of Bonavar, Qarqi and Katuk from the functions of Gomishan District of Torkaman County in Golestan province and turning them into Siminshahr|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/122000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706220049/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/122000|lang=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Research Center of the Islamic Council of Iran|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Board|archive-date=6 July 2015|date=16 July 2014|orig-date=Approved 22 March 1381|last=Aref|first=Mohammad Reza|access-date=17 October 2024|id=Proposal 1.4.42.42383; Notification 12431/T25006K}}

Demographics

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At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 13,545 in 2,762 households, when it was in the former Gomishan District of Torkaman County.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Golestan 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/27.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920085741/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/27.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}} The following census in 2011 counted 15,539 people in 3,666 households,{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Golestan 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/Golestan.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117141913/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Golestan.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 Gomishan County. Siminshahr and the rural district were transferred to the new Goldasht District. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 17,205 people in 4,493 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Golestan 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_27.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329051758/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_27.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=29 March 2019}}

Notes

References

Category:Cities in Golestan province

Category:Populated places in Gomishan County