Ramkan
Persian: رمكان | |
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City | |
Coordinates: 26°52′07″N 56°02′20″E / 26.86861°N 56.03889°E[1] | |
Country | Iran |
Province | Hormozgan |
County | Qeshm |
District | Central |
Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 4,473 |
Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
Ramkan (Persian: رمكان, also Romanized as Ramkān and Ramakān)[3] is a city in the Central District of Qeshm County, Hormozgan province, Iran. Ramkan suffered heavily in the 2005 Qeshm earthquake.[4]
At the 2006 census, its population was 3,385 in 672 households, when it was a village in Ramkan Rural District.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 3,607 people in 823 households.[6] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 4,473 people in 1,135 households.[2]
After the census, the village of Ramkan was elevated to the status of a city.[7]