Basirabad
Persian: بصيراباد | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 37°00′43″N 54°09′44″E / 37.01194°N 54.16222°E[1] | |
Country | Iran |
Province | Golestan |
County | Gomishan |
District | Goldasht |
Rural District | Jafarbay-ye Sharqi |
Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 3,259 |
Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
Basirabad (Persian: بصيراباد, also Romanized as Başīrābād, Basīrabād; also known as Başrābād)[3] is a village in, and the capital of, Jafarbay-ye Sharqi Rural District of Goldasht District, Gomishan County, Golestan province, Iran.[4] The previous capital of the rural district was Siminshahr.[5]
At the 2006 National Census, its population was 2,638 in 522 households, when it was in Jafarbay-ye Gharbi Rural District of the former Gomishan District of Torkaman County.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 2,963 people in 650 households,[7] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Gomishan County.[4] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 3,259 people in 828 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.[2]