Gonbaki ( fa, گنبکی) is a city in the
Central District of
Gonbaki County
Gonbaki County ( fa, شهرستان گنبکی) is in Kerman province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Gonbaki, whose population at the 2016 census was 7,210 people in 1,869 households.
History
After the 2006 National Census, Gavkan, Go ...
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Kerman
Kerman ( fa, كرمان, Kermân ; also romanization of Persian, romanized as Kermun and Karmana), known in ancient times as the satrapy of Carmania, is the capital city of Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2011 census, its population was 821,394, in ...
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 ...
, serving as capital of both the county and the district.
It is also the administrative center for
Gonbaki Rural District
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In October 2011, the village of Mohammadabad-e Gonbaki merged with the villages of
Abbasabad,
Aliabad,
Behtarabad,
Dowlatabad,
Hasanabad,
Hojjatabad, and
Jannatabad to form the new city of Gonbaki.
At the 2006 National Census, its population (as Mohammadad-e Gonbaki) was 128 in 34 households, when it was a village in Gonbaki Rural District of the former Rigan District of
Bam County
Bam County ( fa, شهرستان بم) is located in Kerman province, Iran. The capital of the county is Bam. At the 2006 census, the county's population (including portions later split off to form Fahraj County, Narmashir County
Narmashir ...
.
The village did not appear in the census of 2011,
by which time the rural district had been separated from the county in the establishment of
Rigan County
Rigan County ( fa, شهرستان ریگان) is in Kerman province, Kerman province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Mohammadabad, Kerman, Mohammadabad. At the 2006 census, the region's population (as most of Rigan District in ...
.
The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 7,210 people in 1,869 households,
when Mohammadabad-e Gonbaki had merged with six villages to become the city of Gonbaki.
In 2023, Gonbaki District was separated from Rigan County in the establishment of Gonbaki County and divided into two districts and four rural districts, with Gonbaki as its capital and only city.
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References
Cities in Kerman province
Populated places in Gonbaki County
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