Gomishan County

Gomishan County

شهرستان گمیشان
Gomishan County شهرستان گمیشان
County
	Location of Gomishan County in Golestan province
	Location of Golestan province in Iran
	Coordinates:
Country	Iran
Province	Golestan
Capital	Gomishan
Districts	Central, Goldasht
Population (2016)
• Total	68,773
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+4:30 (IRDT)
	Gomishan County at GEOnet Names Server

Gomishan County (Persian: شهرستان گمیشان) is in Golestan province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Gomishan. At the 2006 census, the region's population (as Gomishan District of Torkaman County) was 58,725 in 11,828 households.[1] The following census in 2011 counted 63,447 people in 14,645 households, by which time the district had been separated from the county to form Gomishan County.[2] At the 2016 census, the county's population was 68,773 in 18,474 households.[3]

Administrative divisions

The population history and structural changes of Gomishan County's administrative divisions over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table. The latest census shows two districts, four rural districts, and two cities.[3]

Gomishan County Population¹
Administrative Divisions	2006[1]	2011[2]	2016[3]
Central District²	58,725	32,547	34,751
Jafarbay-ye Gharbi Rural District	13,650	11,382	11,819
Jafarbay-ye Sharqi Rural District	15,891
Naftalijeh Rural District		3,517	3,741
Gomishan (city)	15,639	17,648	19,191
Siminshahr (city)	13,545
Goldasht District		30,900	34,021
Jafarbay-ye Sharqi Rural District		6,013	6,605
Qezel Alan Rural District		9,348	10,211
Siminshahr (city)		15,539	17,205
Total	58,725	63,447	68,773
¹As a part of Torkaman County at the 2006 census ²Formerly Gomishan District

References

"Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 27. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
"Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)" (Excel). Iran Data Portal (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 27. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
"Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 27. Archived from the original (Excel) on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2022.

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[2006_census-1] "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 27. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.

[2011_census-2] "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)" (Excel). Iran Data Portal (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 27. Retrieved 19 December 2022.

[2016_census-3] "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 27. Archived from the original (Excel) on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2022.