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Komeshcheh

Komeshcheh (Persian: كمشچه)[a] is a city in Habibabad District of Borkhar County, Isfahan province, Iran, serving as the administrative center for Borkhar-e Sharqi Rural District.[8] The previous capital of the rural district was the village of Mohsenabad,[9] now in Borkhar-e Markazi Rural District.[10] The village of Komeshcheh was converted to a city in 2003.[3]

Komeshcheh
Persian: كمشچه
City
Komeshcheh is located in Iran
Komeshcheh
Komeshcheh
Coordinates: 32°54′18″N 51°48′35″E / 32.90500°N 51.80972°E / 32.90500; 51.80972[1][2]
CountryIran
ProvinceIsfahan
CountyBorkhar
DistrictHabibabad
Established as a city2003[3]
Population
 (2016)[4]
 • Total
5,100
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Demographics

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Population

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At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 4,395 in 1,072 households, when it was in the former Borkhar District of Borkhar and Meymeh County.[11][b] The following census in 2011 counted 4,871 people in 1,379 households,[14] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Borkhar County. Komeshcheh and the rural district were transferred to the new Habibabad District.[12] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 5,100 people in 1,598 households.[4]

Overview

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Founded in 1382, Komeshcheh is located about 20 kilometers northeast of Isfahan, the provincial capital, and 200 kilometers south of the city of Qom. In addition to some pre-Islamic monuments, it is the site of Aliabad Shahvazy castle and an old town mosque and bath. Its main economic activities are bread manufacturing and home baking, which employ 2,000 people, supplying the daily bread of a population of 200,000 in the surrounding areas.[15]

According to Iran media, the "world's largest flat bread," baked in Komeshcheh in 2008, was recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records.[16]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ↑ Also romanized as Komshecheh; also known as Gomsheh, Komshehcheh, Kumsheh, Qomsheh, and Qumisheh;[5][6] also known as Gomshecheh[7]
  2. ↑ Renamed Shahinshahr and Meymeh County[12] and then Shahinshahr County[13]

References

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  1. ↑ OpenStreetMap contributors (26 November 2024). "کمشچه [Komeshcheh], Komeshcheh, بخش حبیب آباد [Habibabad District], Borkhar County, Isfahan Province, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  2. ↑ "WR45+2V5 Komshecheh, Isfahan Province, Iran" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
  3. 1 2 Aref, Mohammad Reza (2 February 2003) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1381/11/13 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تبدیل روستای کمشجه مرکز دهقان برخوار شرقی از توابع بخش برخوار شهرستان برخوار و میمه در استان اصفهان به عنوان شهر کمشجه [‌Conversion of Komeshcheh village, the center of Borkhar-e Sharqi Rural District from the functions of Borkhar District, Borkhar and Meymeh County in Isfahan province as Komeshcheh city]. مهدی داودآبادی [Mehdi Davudabadi] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board]. پیشنهاد شماره [Proposal No.] 41339/42/04/1. Archived from the original on 7 June 2026. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
  4. 1 2 سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان اصفهان [General Population and Housing Census 2016: Isfahan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 19 October 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  5. ↑ Komeshcheh at GEOnet Names Server
  6. ↑ "کمشچه:Iran". Retrieved 5 October 2011.
  7. ↑ "Gomeshecheh: Iran, location, geographic coordinates and administrative status". Retrieved 5 October 2011.
  8. ↑ Habibi, Hassan (20 November 1991) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1370.08.29 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. انجام اصلاحاتی در دهستانهای استان اصفهان [‌Carrying out reforms in rural districts of Isfahan province]. مرکز پژوهشهای مجلس شورای اسلامی ایران [Research Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board]. پیشنهاد شماره [Proposal No.] 9218.1.4.42. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
  9. ↑ Mousavi, Mir-Hossein (26 March 1987) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1366.1.6 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. ایجاد و تشکیل 21 دهستان شامل روستاها، مزارع و مکانها در قسمتی از شهرستان اصفهان تابع استان اصفهان [‌Creation and formation of 21 rural districts including villages, farms and places in part of Isfahan County, subordinate to Isfahan province]. مرکز پژوهشهای مجلس شورای اسلامی ایران [Research Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. پیشنهاد شماره [Proposal No.] 36.1.5.52. Archived from the original on 19 December 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
  10. ↑ Habibi, Hassan (24 October 1999) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1378.8.2 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. ایجاد و تأسیس دهستان برخوار مرکزی به مرکزیت روستای شاپور آباد و دهستان خالد آباد در استان اصفهان [‌Approval letter regarding the creation and establishment of Borkhar-e Markazi Rural District and Khaledabad Rural District]. مرکز پژوهشهای مجلس شورای اسلامی ایران [Research Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. پیشنهاد شماره [Proposal No.] 1.4.42.2671. Archived from the original on 17 December 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2026.
  11. ↑ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان اصفهان [General Population and Housing Census 2006: Isfahan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  12. 1 2 Davoodi, Parviz (21 October 2007) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1386/07/29 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصویبنامه وزرای عضو کمیسیون سیاسی- دفاعی هیئت دولت در خصوص برخی تغییرات و تقسیمات کشوری در استان اصفهان [‌Approval of the Ministers of the Political-Defense Commission of the Government Board regarding some changes and national divisions in Isfahan province]. مرکز پژوهشهای مجلس شورای اسلامی ایران [Research Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board]. 153437/ت 35370ک [153437/T 35370K]. Archived from the original on 1 October 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2026.
  13. ↑ Aref, Mohammad Reza (17 July 2024) [۱۴۰۳/۴/۲۷ تصویب (Approved 1403/4/27) (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصویب‌نامه در خصوص تقسیمات کشوری شهرستان شاهین‌شهر در استان اصفهان [‌Resolution on the national divisions of Shahinshahr County in Isfahan province]. پژوهشکده حقوقی شهر دانش [Shahr Danesh Law Research Institute] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. پیشنهادهای شماره ۵۸۰ مورخ ۱۴۰۲/۱/۶ و شماره ۷۰۷۳۰ مورخ ۱۴۰۳/۴/۲۳ [Proposals No. 580 dated 1402/1/6 and No. 70730 dated 1403/4/23]. Archived from the original on 9 October 2024. Retrieved 4 May 2026.
  14. ↑ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان اصفهان [General Population and Housing Census 2011: Isfahan Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 17 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  15. ↑ "نام شهرداري : كمشچه - فرم خلاصه اطلاعات شهر و شهرداري". Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
  16. ↑ "پخت بزرگ‌ترين نان مسطح جهان در اصفهان‌". Retrieved 25 November 2010.
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