Galikash (Persian: گاليكش) is a city in the Central District of Galikash County, Golestan Province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.

At the 2006 National Census, its population was 20,009 in 4,829 households, when it was in the former Galikash District of Minudasht County. The following census in 2011 counted 20,831 people in 5,768 households, by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Galikash County. The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 23,394 people in 6,996 households.