Qasr-e Qand

Qasr-e Qand (Persian: قصرقند, also Romanized as Qaşr-e Qand and Qaşr Qand; also known as Barqān and Borgan) is a city in, and the capital of, the Central District of Qasr-e Qand County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran, and also serves as capital of the county.

For the administrative disivion, see Qasr-e Qand County. For the nearby village also with this name, see Qand.
"Borgan, Iran" redirects here. For the village in Fars province, see Borgan.

Qasr-e Qand
Persian: قصرقند
City
Qasr-e Qand
Coordinates: 26°14′08″N 60°44′27″E
Country Iran
ProvinceSistan and Baluchestan
CountyQasr-e Qand
DistrictCentral
Population
 (2016)
 • Total11,605
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

At the 2006 census, its population was 10,826 in 1,586 households, when it was in the former Qasr-e Qand District of Nik Shahr County. The following census in 2011 counted 8,563 people in 1,847 households. The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 11,605 people in 2,649 households, by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Qasr-e Qand County.

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