Gomishan County ( fa, شهرستان گمیشان) is in
Golestan province,
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
. The capital of the county is the city of
Gomishan
Gomishan ( fa, گميشان, also Romanized as Gomīshān and Gumshān; formerly, Gomish Tepe ( fa, گميشتپه), also Romanized as Gomesh Tappeh, Gomīsh Tappeh, and Gumish Tepe; also formerly known as Gomish Tepe Jik ( fa, گُمیشت ...
. At the 2006 census, the region's population (as Gomishan District of
Torkaman County
Torkaman County ( fa, شهرستان ترکمن), formerly Bandar Torkaman County ( fa, شهرستان بندر ترکمن), is located in Golestan province, Iran. The capital of the county is Bandar Torkaman
Bandar Torkaman ( fa, بندرت ...
) was 58,725 in 11,828 households.
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.
At the 2016 census, the county's population was 68,773 in 18,474 households.
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.
References
Counties of Golestan Province
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