Qaen
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Qaen () is a city in the Central District of Qaen County, South Khorasan province, Iran, and serves as capital of both the county and the district.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Qaen
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- fa
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- مسجد جامع قائن.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250
- Settlement.image_alt
- The mountain city of Qain from above
- Settlement.image_caption
- The mountain city of Qain from above
- Settlement.shield_alt
- ghayen
- Settlement.nickname
- The mountain city of Qayen from above
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Iran
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Iran
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- South Khorasan
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Qaen
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Central
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Iran
- Located in
- Central District
- Population
- 42323
- Elevation
- 1447
- Capital of
- Central District
- Official website
- ghaen.ir
- Image
- Qayen.JPG
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- Commons category
- Qaen
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- male population
- 21715
- female population
- 20608
- mountain range
- Eastern Iranian Range
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- History
- Climate
- Demographics
- Population
- Notable people
- See also
- Notes
- References
==Demographics== ===Population=== At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 32,474 in 8,492 households. The following census in 2011 counted 40,226 people in 10,473 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 42,323 people in 11,920 households.
thumb|700-year-old tree next to the tomb of Bozorgmehr in the city of Qain (Bozorgmehr tourist area) thumb|Arteguana Castle from the Achaemenid era
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