Shamkan
Shamkan is a city in, and the capital of, Shamkan District of Sheshtamad County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran. It also serves as the administrative center for Shamkan Rural District.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 2,450 residents
- Description: village in Iran
- Also known as: “Shāhmakān” and “Shāmkān”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kalateh-ye Now Bahar and Ḩoseynābād.
Kalateh-ye Now Bahar
Village
Hossein abad is a village in Shamkan Rural District, Sheshtomad District, Sabzevar County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 779, in 198 families. Sabzevar, Neyshabur, Mashhad and Aşgabat are the closest major cities. Kalateh-ye Now Bahar is situated 7 km southwest of Shamkan.
Ḩoseynābād
Village
Hoseynabad is a village in Shamkan Rural District, Sheshtomad District, Sabzevar County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 961, in 216 families. Ḩoseynābād is situated 7 km south of Shamkan.
Deh-e Hoseyni
Village
Deh-e Hoseyni is a village in Ghazali Rural District, Miyan Jolgeh District, Nishapur County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 663, in 134 families. Deh-e Hoseyni is situated 9 km southeast of Shamkan.
Shamkan
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
35.99855° or 35° 59′ 55″ northLongitude
58.20123° or 58° 12′ 4″ eastPopulation
2,450Elevation
1,089 metres (3,573 feet)Open location code
8H7WX6X2+CFOpenStreetMap ID
node 4418017188OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
115556Wikidata ID
Q5725182
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to South Azerbaijani—“Shamkan” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “Shamkan”
- Dutch: “Shamkan”
- Kurdish: “Şamkan”
- Mazanderani: “شامکان”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Shamkan”
- Persian: “شامکان”
- South Azerbaijani: “شامکان”
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