Torqabeh

{{for|the administrative divisions|Torqabeh and Shandiz County|Torqabeh District|Torqabeh Rural District}}

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|subdivision_name1 = Razavi Khorasan

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Torqabeh ({{langx|fa|طرقبه}}){{efn|Also romanized as Ţoroqbeh, Ţorqabeh, and Torqebeh; also known as Targhobeh{{GEOnet3|-3087694}}}} is a city in Torqabeh District of Torqabeh and Shandiz County,{{efn|Formerly Binalud County{{cite report|title=Resolution on changing the name of Binalud County, Khorasan province to Torqabeh and Shandiz County|language=fa|website=sdil.ac.ir|via=Shahr Danesh Legal Research Institute|url=https://sdil.ac.ir/مصوبات-هیأت-دولت-دهه-سوم-خرداد-1401/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002001538/https://sdil.ac.ir/مصوبات-هیأت-دولت-دهه-سوم-خرداد-1401/|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Cabinet of Ministers|last=Mokhbar|first=Mohammad|archive-date=2 October 2023|date=23 July 2022|orig-date=Approved 16 March 1401|id=Proposal 20319; Notification 48358/T59824AH|access-date=1 February 2025}}}} Razavi Khorasan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.{{cite report|title=Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the divisions of Khorasan province, centered in Mashhad|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Islamic Parliament Research Center|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/113047|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117024415/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/113047|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Council|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|archive-date=17 November 2015|date=c. 2015|orig-date=Approved 21 June 1369|id=Proposal 3223.1.5.53; Approval Letter 3808-907; Notification 84902/T125K|access-date=6 January 2024}}

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 13,158 in 3,668 households, when it was in Mashhad 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 16,718 people in 5,067 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 Binalud County.{{cite report|title=Approval letter regarding the reforms of national divisions in Razavi Khorasan province, Mashhad County|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Islamic Parliament Research Center|url=http://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/135001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123231043/http://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/135001|archive-date=23 November 2015|orig-date=Approved 18 September 1386|date=3 December 2014|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Board|last=Davodi|first=Parviz|access-date=10 May 2023|id=Proposal 93023/42/4/1; Notification 161411/T38028K}}{{efn|Renamed Torqabeh and Shandiz County}} The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 20,998 people in 6,612 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}}

Notes

References

Category:Cities in Razavi Khorasan province

Category:Populated places in Torqabeh and Shandiz County