Qohestan

Qohestan is a city in, and the capital of, Qohestan District of Darmian County, South Khorasan province, Iran. It also serves as the administrative center for Qohestan Rural District. Qohestan is a merger of the former villages of Asiyaban and Derakhsh.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, Qohestan's population was 2,451 in 674 households, when it was a village in Qohestan Rural District. The following census in 2011 counted 3,028 people in 741 households, by which time the village had been raised to the status of a city. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 2,322 people in 701 households.