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For the administrative divisions, see Shamkan District and Shamkan Rural District. For the villages in Lorestan province, see Shamkan-e Olya and Shamkan-e Sofla.

Shamkan (Persian: شامكان)[a] is a city in, and the capital of, Shamkan District[5] of Sheshtamad County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran. It also serves as the administrative center for Shamkan Rural District.[6]

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, Shamkan’s population was 2,102 in 541 households, when it was a village in Shamkan Rural District of the former Sheshtamad District in Sabzevar County.[7] The following census in 2011 counted 2,439 people in 710 households.[8] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 1,882 people in 581 households, the most populous in its rural district.[3]

In 2020, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Sheshtamad County, and the rural district was transferred to the new Shamkan District.[5] Shamkan was converted to a city in 2022.[9]

See also

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Notes

  1. ^ Also romanized as Shāmkān; also known as Shāhmakān[4]

References

  1. ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (4 November 2024). “علی آباد ترکمن, دهستان شامکان, بخش ششتمد [Aliabad-e Torkaman, Shamkan Rural District, Sheshtamad District], Sheshtamad County, Razavi Khorasan, Iran” (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  2. ^ “X6X2+84J Shamkan, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran” (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  3. ^ a b سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان خراسان رضوی [General Population and Housing Census 2016: Razavi Khorasan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 2 April 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  4. ^ Shamkan can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering “-3084418” in the “Unique Feature Id” form, and clicking on “Search Database”.
  5. ^ a b Jahangiri, Eshaq (10 May 2020) [۱۳۹۹/۲/۲۱ تصویب (Approved 1399/2/21) (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصویب نامه در خصوص تقسیمات کشوری استان خراسان رضوی [‌Resolution on the national divisions of Khorasan Razavi province]. مرکز پژوهشهای مجلس شورای اسلامی ایران [Research Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. پیشنهاد شماره ۱۲۹۳۵۳ [Proposal No. 129353]. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
  6. ^ ایجاد و تشکیل تعداد 22 دهستان شامل روستاها، مزارع و مکانها در شهرستان سبزوار تابع استان خراسان [‌Creation and formation of 22 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Sabzevar County under Khorasan province]. مرکز پژوهشهای مجلس شورای اسلامی ایران [Research Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. 1 July 1987 [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1366.4.10 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. پیشنهاد شماره [Proposal No.] 41.1.5.53. Archived from the original on 31 August 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  7. ^ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان خراسان رضوی [General Population and Housing Census 2006: Razavi Khorasan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  8. ^ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان خراسان رضوی [General Population and Housing Census 2011: Razavi Khorasan Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  9. ^ Vahidi, Ahmad (26 March 2022) [تاریخ انتشار: ۶ فروردین ۱۴۰۱ (Publication date: 6 Farvardin 1401) (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. وزیر کشور با تبدیل ۲ روستا به شهر موافقت کرد [‌The Minister of the Interior agreed to convert two villages into cities]. روستا نیوز [Rusta News] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. کد خبر [News Code] 27874. Archived from the original on 8 May 2023. Retrieved 27 March 2026.