Gonbaki, Kerman
City in Kerman province, Iran
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Gonbaki (Persian: گنبکی)[a] is a city in the Central District[b] of Gonbaki County, Kerman province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county[5] and the district.[6] It is also the administrative center for Gonbaki Rural District.[7]
History
In 2011, the village of Mohammadabad-e Gonbaki merged with the villages of Abbasabad, Aliabad, Behtarabad, Dowlatabad, Hasanabad, and Jannatabad to become the city of Gonbaki.[3]
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the population was 128 in 34 households, when it was the village of Mohammadad-e Gonbaki in Gonbaki Rural District of the former Rigan District of Bam County.[8] The village did not appear in the census of 2011,[9] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Rigan County. The rural district was transferred to the new Gonbaki District.[6][c] The 2016 census measured the population as 7,210 people in 1,869 households,[2] when the village had merged with six villages to become the city of Gonbaki.[3]
In 2023, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Gonbaki County and renamed the Central District, with Gonbaki as the new county's capital.[5]
See also
Notes
- Formerly Gonbaki District of Rigan County[5]
- Renamed the Central District of Gonbaki County[5]
