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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Shoqan

Shoqan (Persian: شوقان) is a city in, and the capital of, Jolgeh Shoqan District of Jajarm County, North Khorasan province, Iran, It is also serves as the administrative center for Shoqan Rural District. The city is populated by Kurds.

At the 2006 census, its population was 2,297 in 628 households. The following census in 2011 counted 2,436 people in 742 households. The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 2,313 people in 758 households.

Geography

The city of Shoqan, which is located 64 kilometers from Bojnord, the capital of North Khorasan province, is famous as the center of the Shoqan Plain and a summer town in the region. It has a mountainous and moderate climate, which is located in the north of Aladagh mountain and in the south of Saluk and Bahar mountains.