Mohammadabad (Persian: محمّدآباد, also Romanized as Moḩammadābād and Muhammadābād, also known as Moḩammadābād-e Āqā’ī and Moḩammadābād-e Shīb Āb) is a city in the Central District of Hamun County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[3] It is also the administrative center for Mohammadabad Rural District.[4]
Mohammadabad
Persian: محمّدآباد | |
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City | |
Mohammadabad | |
Coordinates: 30°53′08″N 61°27′49″E / 30.88556°N 61.46361°E[1] | |
Country | Iran |
Province | Sistan and Baluchestan |
County | Hamun |
District | Central |
Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 3,468 |
Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
Mohammadabad, Hamun at GEOnet Names Server |
At the 2006 census, its population was 2,175 in 509 households, when it was in the former Shib Ab District of Zabol County.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 2,681 people in 645 households.[6] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 3,468 people in 909 households,[2] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Hamun County.[3]