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Ramkan ( fa, رمكان) is a city in the
Central District of
Qeshm County
Qeshm County ( fa, شهرستان قشم) is in Hormozgan 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 w ...
,
Hormozgan province,
Iran. Ramkan suffered heavily in the
2005 Qeshm earthquake
The 2005 Qeshm earthquake occurred on November 27 at 13:52 Iran Standard Time, IRST (10:22 UTC) on the sparsely populated Qeshm, Qeshm Island off Southern Iran, killing 13 people and devastating 13 villages. It was Iran's second major earthquake ...
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Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, Ramkan's population was 3,385 in 672 households, when it was a village in
Ramkan Rural District
Ramkan Rural District ( fa, دهستان رمكان) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in the Central District of Qeshm County, Hormozgan Province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is ...
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The following census in 2011 counted 3,607 people in 823 households.
The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 4,473 people in 1,135 households.
After the census, the village of Ramkan was elevated to the status of a city.
See also
Notes
References
Cities in Hormozgan province
Populated places in Qeshm County
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