Torqabeh (Persian: طرقبه)[a] is a city in Torqabeh District of Torqabeh and Shandiz County,[b] Razavi Khorasan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[6]

Torqabeh
Persian: طرقبه
City
Torqabeh is located in Iran
Torqabeh
Torqabeh
Coordinates: 36°18′51″N 59°22′21″E / 36.31417°N 59.37250°E / 36.31417; 59.37250[1][2]
CountryIran
ProvinceRazavi Khorasan
CountyTorqabeh and Shandiz
DistrictTorqabeh
Population
 (2016)[3]
  Total
20,998
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)
Torqabeh at GEOnet Names Server

Population

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At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 13,158 in 3,668 households, when it was in Mashhad County.[7] The following census in 2011 counted 16,718 people in 5,067 households,[8] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Binalud County.[9][c] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 20,998 people in 6,612 households.[3]

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Notes

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  1. Also romanized as Ţoroqbeh, Ţorqabeh, and Torqebeh; also known as Targhobeh[4]
  2. Formerly Binalud County[5]
  3. Renamed Torqabeh and Shandiz County[5]

References

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  1. OpenStreetMap contributors (6 November 2024). "Saheb-Ol Zaman Square, Torghabeh, Torghabeh City, بخش طرقبه [Torqabeh District], Torghabeh Shandiz County, Razavi Khorasan, 93518-96371, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 6 November 2024.
  2. "897F+M26 Torghabeh, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
  3. 1 2 سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان خراسان رضوی [General Population and Housing Census 2016: Razavi Khorasan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 2 April 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  4. Torqabeh at GEOnet Names Server
  5. 1 2 Mokhber, Mohammad (6 June 2022) [۱۴۰۱/۳/۱۶ مصوب (Approved) 1401/3/16 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصويب‌نامه در خصوص تغيير نام شهرستان بينالود استان خراسان به شهرستان طرقبه شاندیز [‌Resolution on changing the name of Binalud County, Khorasan province to Torqabeh and Shandiz County]. پژوهشکده حقوقی شهر دانش [Shahr Danesh Law Research Institute] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. پیشنهاد شماره ۲۰۳۱۹ [Proposal No. 20319]. Archived from the original on 2 October 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2026.
  6. Habibi, Hassan (12 September 1990) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1369.6.21 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. ‌تصویب سازمان و سلسله تابعیت عناصر و واحدهای تقسیمات کشوی استان خراسان به مرکزیت شهر مشهد [‌Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the divisions of Khorasan province, centered in Mashhad]. 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]. 84902ت125ک [84902T125K]. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
  7. سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان خراسان رضوی [General Population and Housing Census 2006: Razavi Khorasan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  8. سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان خراسان رضوی [General Population and Housing Census 2011: Razavi Khorasan Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  9. Davoodi, Parviz (21 October 2007) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 29/7/1386 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصویب نامه درخصوص اصلاحات تقسیمات کشوری در استان خراسان رضوی شهرستان مشهد [‌Resolution on the reform of national divisions in Khorasan Razavi province, Mashhad County]. 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.] 93023/42/4/1. Archived from the original on 23 November 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2026.