Kakhk
Persian: کاخْک | |
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City | |
Coordinates: 34°08′53″N 58°38′44″E / 34.14806°N 58.64556°E[1] | |
Country | Iran |
Province | Razavi Khorasan |
County | Gonabad |
District | Kakhk |
Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 4,625 |
Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
Kakhk at GEOnet Names Server |
Kakhk (Persian: کاخْک, also Romanized as Kākhk and Kākhak; also known as Kākh)[3] is a city in, and the capital of, Kakhk District of Gonabad County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran.[4]
At the 2006 census, its population was 4,015 in 1,252 households.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 4,413 people in 1,338 households.[6] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 4,625 people in 1,549 households.[2]
The city is classified as having a steppe climate with medium latitude at an altitude of 1483.26 meters above sea level. The annual temperature of the region is 17.42 degrees Celsius and 1.01% lower than the average temperature of Iran. Kakhk normally receives about 26.86 mm of rain and has 51.34 rainy days annually.[7][8]