Chukam
City in Gilan province, Iran
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Chukam (Persian: چوكام)[a] is a city in, and the capital of, Chukam District in Khomam County, Gilan province, Iran.[5] As the village of Bala Mahalleh-ye Chukam, it was the capital of Chukam Rural District[7][b] until its capital was transferred to the village of Eshkik.[5]
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, Chukam's population was 2,869 in 793 households, when it was a village in Chukam Rural District[b] of the former Khomam District in Rasht County.[8] The following census in 2011 counted 3,222 people in 994 households.[9] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 3,096 people in 1,019 households.[4]
In 2020, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Khomam County and the rural district was transferred to the new Chukam District.[5] Bala Mahalleh-ye Chukam was converted to a city as Chukam.[3]
