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Province
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Golestan
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County
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Galikash
Galikash ( fa, گاليكش), also Romanized as Galikesh) is a city and capital of Galikash County in Golestan Province, in northern Iran
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District
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Central
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Yanqaq Rural District ( fa, دهستان ينقاق) is in the
Central District of
Galikash County
Galikash County ( fa, شهرستان گالیکش) is located in Golestan province, Iran. The capital of the county is Galikash
Galikash ( fa, گاليكش), also Romanized as Galikesh) is a city and capital of Galikash County in Golestan ...
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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 ...
. Its capital is the village of
Yanqaq.
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district's population (as a part of the former
Galikash District of
Minudasht County
Minudasht County ( fa, شهرستان مینودشت) is located in Golestan province, Iran. The capital of the county is Minudasht. At the 2006 census, the county's population (including those portions of the county later split off to form Ga ...
) was 17,954 in 4,064 households.
There were 20,215 inhabitants in 5,386 households at the following census of 2011,
by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Galikash County. The rural district was transferred to the new Central District.
The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 20,164 in 5,958 households. The most populous of its 31 villages was
Yanqaq, with 3,919 people.
See also
References
Rural Districts of Golestan province
Populated places in Galikash County
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