Mohammadabad, Hamun

For the administrative division, see Mohammadabad Rural District. For other places with the same name, see Mohammadabad.

Mohammadabad Persian: محمّدآباد
City
Mohammadabad
Coordinates: 30°53′08″N 61°27′49″E[1]
Country	Iran
Province	Sistan and Baluchestan
County	Hamun
District	Central
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	3,468
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)
Mohammadabad, Hamun at GEOnet Names Server

Mohammadabad (Persian: محمّدآباد)^[a] is a city in the Central District of Hamun County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.^[3] It is also the administrative center for Mohammadabad Rural District.^[4]

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 2,175 in 509 households, when it was in the former Shib Ab District of Zabol County.^[5] The following census in 2011 counted 2,681 people in 645 households.^[6] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 3,468 people in 909 households,^[2] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Hamun County. The city and the rural district were transferred to the new Central District, with Mohammadabad as the county's capital.^[3]

See also

Iran portal

Notes

1. Also romanized as Moḩammadābād, also known as Moḩammadābād-e Āqā’ī, Moḩammadābād-e Shīb Āb, and Muhammadābād

References

1. OpenStreetMap contributors (10 April 2023). "Mohammadabad, Hamun County" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 10 April 2023.
2. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 11. Archived from the original (Excel) on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
3. Rahimi, Mohammad Reza (29 September 2013). "Carrying out national divisions about Saberi and Teymurabad and Nimruz and Hamun Counties of Sistan and Baluchestan province". Qavanin (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Council of Ministers. Archived from the original on 16 April 2023. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
4. Mousavi, Mirhossein. "Creation of 16 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Zabol County under Sistan and Baluchestan province". Islamic Parliament Research Center (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Board of Ministers. Archived from the original on 11 February 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
5. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 11. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
6. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)". Syracuse University (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 11. Archived from the original (Excel) on 25 November 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.