Torqabeh District

Torqabeh District
Persian: بخش طرقبه
District
Torqabeh District is located in Iran
Torqabeh District
Torqabeh District
Location within Iran
Coordinates: 36°15′N 59°23′E / 36.250°N 59.383°E / 36.250; 59.383
CountryIran
ProvinceRazavi Khorasan
CountyTorqabeh and Shandiz
CapitalTorqabeh
Population
 (2016)
 • Total
33,344
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)
Location of Toroq in Toos (ancient Susia) region.

Torqabeh District (Persian: بخش طرقبه) is in Torqabeh and Shandiz County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Torqabeh.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the district's population (as a part of Mashhad County) was 50,339 in 13,656 households. The following census in 2011 counted 27,502 people in 8,501 households, by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Binalud County. The 2016 census measured the population of the district as 33,344 inhabitants in 10,805 households.

Administrative divisions

Torqabeh District Population
Administrative Divisions200620112016
Jagharq RD4,7555,847
Shandiz RD15,431
Torqabeh RD15,3486,0296,499
Shandiz (city)6,402
Torqabeh (city)13,15816,71820,998
Total50,33927,50233,344
RD = Rural District

Notes

  1. ↑ Formerly Binalud County
  2. ↑ Renamed Torqabeh and Shandiz County
  3. ↑ As a part of Mashhad County at the 2006 census
  4. 1 2 Transferred to Shandiz District

References

  1. ↑ "792M+28W Māyān-e-Darbāq, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
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  3. 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.
  4. 1 2 3 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.
  5. ↑ 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.
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