Komeshcheh
Persian: كمشچه
| |
|---|---|
City
| |
  Komeshcheh
| |
| Coordinates: 32°54′18″N 51°48′35″E / 32.90500°N 51.80972°E / 32.90500; 51.80972[1] | |
| Country | Iran |
| Province | Isfahan |
| County | Borkhar |
| District | Habibabad |
| Population
(2016)[2]
| |
| • Total | 5,100 |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
Komeshcheh (Persian: كمشچه)[a] is a city in Habibabad DistrictofBorkhar County, Isfahan province, Iran, serving as the administrative center for Borkhar-e Sharqi Rural District.[6]
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 4,395 in 1,072 households, when it was in Borkhar District of the former Borkhar and Meymeh County.[7] The following census in 2011 counted 4,871 people in 1,379 households,[8] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Borkhar County.[9] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 5,100 people in 1,598 households.[2]
Founded in 1382, it is located about 20 kilometers Northeast of Esfahan, the provincial capital, and 200 kilometers South of Qum. In addition to some pre-Islamic monuments, it is the site of Ali Abad Shahvazy castle and old town mosque and bath. Its population is 5,500. Its main economic activity consists of bread manufacturing and home baking, which employ 2,000 people, and supplies the daily bread of a population of 200,000 in the surrounding areas.[10]
According to Iran media, the "world's largest flat bread," baked in Komeshjeh in 2008, was recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records.[11]
|
| |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capital |
| ||||||||||||||||
| Districts |
| ||||||||||||||||
