Qoroq, Golestan

Qoroq
Persian: قرق
City
Qoroq
Coordinates: 36°53′24″N 54°42′44″E / 36.89000°N 54.71222°E / 36.89000; 54.71222[1][2]
CountryIran
ProvinceGolestan
CountyGorgan
DistrictBaharan
Established as a city2016[3]
Population
 (2016)[4]
 • Total
6,701
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Qoroq (Persian: قرق)[a] is a city in Baharan District of Gorgan County, Golestan province, Iran.[3]

Demographics

Ethnicity

Many of the residents of the village are Armenians who descend from people who immigrated from the Soviet Union in the 1930s.[6]

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, Qoroq's population was 6,651 in 6,734 households, when it was a village in Qoroq Rural District.[7] The following census in 2011 counted 6,734 people in 1,962 households.[8] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 6,701 people in 2,007 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.[4]

The village of Qoroq was converted to a city in 2016.[3]

See also

Iran portal

Notes

  1. ^ Also known as Qoroq-e Bālā and Qoroq-e ‘Olyā[5]

References

  1. ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (17 October 2024). "تیمورآباد, دهستان قرق, بخش بهاران [Teymurabad, Qoroq Rural District, Baharan District], Gorgan County, Golestan Province, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  2. ^ "VPR6+2V5 Qoroq, Golestan Province, Iran" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  3. ^ a b c Jahangiri, Eshaq (18 May 2016) [مصوب (Approved on) 1395,02,29) (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصويب نامه در خصوص تبديل روستاي قرق از دهستان قرق بخش بهاران شهرستان گرگان استان گلستان به شهر [‌Letter of approval regarding the conversion of Qoroq village from Qoroq Rural District, Baharan District, Gorgan County, Golestan province, to a city]. سامانه ملی قوانین و مقررات [National System of Laws and Regulations] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. پيشنهاد شماره [Proposal No.] 121394. Archived from the original on 13 October 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2025.
  4. ^ a b سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان گلستان [General Population and Housing Census 2016: Golestan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  5. ^ Qoroq can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3080395" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  6. ^ Akhloumdi, Ramin (26 April 2023). "آشوت دمیرژیان روایتگر زیست مشترک" [Ashot Demirjian, the narrator of shared life]. Shargh (in Persian). Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  7. ^ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان گلستان [General Population and Housing Census 2006: Golestan 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 گلستان [General Population and Housing Census 2011: Golestan Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 17 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.