Qaleh Now-e Kharaqan
Persian: قلعه نو خرقان | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 36°37′57″N 55°04′20″E / 36.63250°N 55.07222°E[1] | |
Country | Iran |
Province | Semnan |
County | Shahrud |
District | Bastam |
Rural District | Kharqan |
Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 3,166 |
Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
Qaleh Now-e Kharaqan (Persian: قلعه نوخرقان, also Romanized as Qal‘eh Now-e Kharaqān, Qal‘eh-ye Now-e Kharaqān, Qal‘eh-ye Now-e Khareqān, and Qal‘eh-ye Now Khareqān; also known as Ghal’eh Now Kharaghan, Qal‘eh Nau, Qal‘eh Now-e Kharagān, and Qal‘eh-ye Now)[3] is a village in, and the capital of, Kharqan Rural District (formerly Bastam Rural District)[4] of Bastam District, Shahrud County, Semnan province, Iran.[5]
At the 2006 National Census, its population was 1,937 in 582 households.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 3,927 people in 1,248 households.[7] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 3,166 people in 1,089 households.[2]