City in Hormozgan province, Iran
City in Hormozgan, Iran
Ramkan (Persian :رمكان )[ a] is a city in theCentral District ofQeshm County ,Hormozgan province,Iran . It served as the capital ofRamkan Rural District [ 4] until its capital was transferred to the village ofTuriyan .[ 5] Ramkan suffered heavily in the2005 Qeshm earthquake .[ 6]
At the time of the 2006 National Census, Ramkan's population was 3,385 in 672 households, when it was a village in Ramkan Rural District.[ 7] The following census in 2011 counted 3,607 people in 823 households.[ 8] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 4,473 people in 1,135 households.[ 2]
After the census, Ramkan was elevated to the status of a city.[ 5]
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