Kordkuy

Kordkuy is a city in the Central District of Kordkuy County, Golestan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. Kordkuy's most important harvests are husked rice, wheat, cotton, and soya.

History

In 1151, Nader Shah Afshar, after defeating the famous Ottoman general Topal Osman Pasha and conquering Baghdad, while passing through Uramanat in Kurdistan, south of Sanandaj, moved all the people of Paveh region, who were brave and warrior men, and at the same time, skilled shooters and gunpowder makers, towards Estarabad to be both responsible for equipping his army and to establish a huge barrier against the Turkmens, who were raiding and looting Estarabad and its surroundings from time to time.
Nader shah placed the responsibility of the Paveh people on a person named Mirza Shafi Bey Paveh, and with the unity and cohesion of this clan, the Turkmens were defeated. After the suppression of the Turkmen by the Paveh people, Nader Shah did not allow them to return and settled them in an area of Golestan that was later named Kurdkoi due to their Kurdish origin.
Kordkuy was a part of Gorgan until 1979 when it gained city status.

Demographics

Language

The natives of Kordkuy call their city Kard Male and speak Mazandarani.

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 28,991 in 7,611 households. The following census in 2011 counted 38,246 people in 11,415 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 39,881 people in 12,971 households.

Geography

Kordkuy, meaning "the neighborhood of Kurds", is located in the western part of Golestan province. It is connected to the Caspian Sea from the north and the west, to Bandar-e Gaz, the east to Gorgan, and from the south to Damghan of Semnan province. Its southern parts are enclosed with the heights of the Alborz mountains.