Almajeq
City in Razavi Khorasan province, Iran
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Almajeq (Persian: الماجق)[a] is a city in, and the capital of, Abkuh District[5] in Quchan County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran. As a village, it was the capital of Dughayi Rural District[6] until its capital was transferred to the village of Dughayi.[5]
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, Almajeq's population was 1,291 in 312 households, when it was a village in Dughayi Rural District of the Central District.[7] The following census in 2011 counted 1,360 people in 391 households.[8] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 1,588 people in 463 households, the most populous in its rural district.[3]
In 2020, the rural district was separated from the district in the formation of Abkuh District,[5] and Almajeq was converted to a city in 2021.[9]
