Makaki, Iran

Makaki
ماککی
village
Makaki is located in Iran
Makaki
Makaki
Location within Iran
Coordinates: 31°07′04″N 61°48′36″E / 31.11778°N 61.81000°E / 31.11778; 61.81000
Country Iran
ProvinceSistan and Baluchestan
CountyHirmand
BakhshCentral
Rural DistrictDust Mohammad
Population
 (2006)
 • Total
74
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+4:30 (IRDT)

Makaki (Persian: ماککی, also Romanized as Mākakī)[1] is a village in Dust Mohammad Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 74, in 19 families.[2]

2023 clashes

Border clashes took place on the Afghanistan-Iran border in May 2023, during which Makaki came under attack by Taliban forces, though the attack was repelled.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Makaki at GEOnet Names Server
  2. ↑ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 2011-09-20.
  3. ↑ "جزئیات جدید از علت آغاز درگیری در مرز با افغانستان/ ممانعت از ورود کاروان قاچاقچیان به درگیری با طالبان انجامید" [New details of the reason for the start of the conflict on the border with Afghanistan / preventing the entry of smugglers' convoys led to a conflict with the Taliban]. Tasnim News Agency (in Persian). 28 May 2023. Retrieved 2023-05-29.