Mohammadshahr, South Khorasan
city in South Khorasan Province, Iran
Mohammadshahr (Persian: محمدشهر) is a city in the Central District of Khusf County, South Khorasan province, Iran.
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the population was 117 in 29 households, when it was the village of Mohammadiyeh in Khusf Rural District of the former Khusf District in Birjand County. The following census in 2011 counted 1,707 people in 43 households, by which time the village had been converted to a city and renamed Mohammadshahr. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 3,590 people in 46 households, when the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Khusf County. Mohammadshahr and the rural district were transferred to the new Central District.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 26, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q13224626. Authority coordinates are 32.879, 59.015. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2006, 2011 and 2016.
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