Jowsheqan va Kamu

Jowsheqan va Kamu
Persian: جوشقان و كامو
Former City
Jowsheqan va Kamu is located in Iran
Jowsheqan va Kamu
Jowsheqan va Kamu
Location within Iran
Coordinates: 33°36′21″N 51°14′14″E / 33.60583°N 51.23722°E / 33.60583; 51.23722[1]
CountryIran
ProvinceIsfahan
CountyKashan
DistrictKaki
Established as a city2000[2]
Population
 (2011)[3]
 • Total
4,766
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Jowsheqan va Kamu (Persian: جوشقان و كامو) was a city in Qamsar District of Kashan County, Isfahan province, Iran. It was the merger of four earlier settlements in 2000: Chugan (چوگان), Jowsheqan (جوشقان),[a] Kamu (کامو),[b] and Vahdatabad (وحدت آباد).[2]

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 5,477 in 1,730 households.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 4,766 people in 1,658 households.[3]

In 2014, the city was split into two cities: Jowshaqan-e Qali and Kamu va Chugan.[7][8]

Geography

The district is primarily agricultural. The water is supplied by local springs, the river Kan, and subterranean channels (kāhriz).

Economy

Agriculture

Major products are those of the cool (sardsir) climate. The farmers cultivate roses for extraction of rosewater (golāb), which is now a growing business in the region.

Mining

Jowsheqan has marble quarries, the exploitation of which has been the major industrial activity in the district.[9]

See also

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Notes

  1. ↑ Also romanized as Jowsheqān; also known as Jowshaqān-e Qālī (جوشقان قالی), Jowsheqān-e-Qālī, and Jūshqān Qāli[4]
  2. ↑ Also romanized as Kāmū; also known as Qamu[5]

References

  1. ↑ OpenStreetMap contributors (29 November 2024). "Jowshaqan-e Qali RD, Qamsar District, Kashan County, Isfahan Province, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  2. 1 2 Habibi, Hassan (31 May 2000) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1379.03.11 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. ایجاد تغییرات و اصلاحات تقسیماتی در استان اصفهان [‌Creating divisional changes and reforms in Isfahan province]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board]. شناسه [ID] 0295C8AF-7E05-4C9A-A7FD-7300B41F5788. شماره دوره [Course number] 79. Archived from the original on 29 November 2024. Retrieved 8 May 2026.
  3. 1 2 سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان اصفهان [General Population and Housing Census 2011: Isfahan Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 17 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  4. ↑ Jowsheqan at GEOnet Names Server
  5. ↑ Kamu at GEOnet Names Server
  6. ↑ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان اصفهان [General Population and Housing Census 2006: Isfahan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  7. ↑ تجربه سفر به شهر کوهستانی جوشقان قالی [‌Travel experience to the mountain city of Jowsheqan-e Qali]. آنی‌جا [Aneyja] (in Persian). 14 March 2021 [1378/08/02 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. Archived from the original on 16 June 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
  8. ↑ درباره شهرداری [‌About the municipality]. کامو و چوگان [Kamu va Chugan] (in Persian). ‌شهرداری کامو و چوگان [Kamu and Chugan Municipality]. 3 February 2014 [۱۴ بهمن ۹۲ 14 Bahman 92 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. Archived from the original on 15 January 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2026.
  9. ↑ "Welcome to Encyclopaedia Iranica".
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