Kangan
Persian: گنگان
Village
Kangan is located in Iran
Kangan
Kangan
Coordinates: 25°51′46″N 57°27′44″E / 25.86278°N 57.46222°E / 25.86278; 57.46222[1]
Country Iran
ProvinceHormozgan
CountyJask
DistrictCentral
Rural DistrictKangan
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total509
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Kangan (Persian: گنگان, also Romanized as Kangān; also known as Gangān and Gankān)[3] is a village in, and the capital of, Kangan Rural District of the Central District of Jask County, Hormozgan province, Iran.[4]

At the 2006 National Census, its population was 213 in 47 households.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 499 people in 66 households.[6] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 509 people in 96 households.[2]

References

  1. ↑ OpenStreetMap contributors (8 September 2023). "Kangan, Jask County" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 22. Archived from the original (Excel) on 5 May 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. ↑ Kangan can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3069532" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  4. ↑ Mousavi, Mirhossein (2 February 1366). "Creation and formation of two districts and eight rural districts in Jask County in Hormozgan province". Qavanin (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Board of Ministers. Archived from the original on 8 September 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  5. ↑ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 22. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  6. ↑ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)" (Excel). Iran Data Portal (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 22. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
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