Karkush

Karkush Persian: كركوش
Village
Karkush
Coordinates: 38°43′34″N 44°17′12″E / 38.72611°N 44.28667°E / 38.72611; 44.28667[1]
Country	Iran
Province	West Azerbaijan
County	Khoy
District	Safayyeh
Rural District	Aland
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	426
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Karkush (Persian: كركوش)^[a] is a village in, Aland Rural District^[4] of Safayyeh District in Khoy County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 594 in 113 households.^[5] The following census in 2011 counted 843 people in 195 households.^[6] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 426 people in 102 households.^[2]

See also

Iran portal

Notes

1. Also romanized as Karkūsh; also known as Garkosh and Kar Kosh^[3]

References

1. OpenStreetMap contributors (6 October 2025). "Karkush, دهستان الند, بخش صفائیه [Aland Rural District, Safayyeh District], Khoy County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 6 October 2025.
2. سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان آذربایجان غربی [General Population and Housing Census 2016: West Azerbaijan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
3. Karkush can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3767355" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
4. Mousavi, Mir-Hossein (22 April 1987) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1366/02/02 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. ایجاد و تشکیل تعداد 12 دهستان شامل روستاها، مزارع و مکانهای واقع در شهرستان خوی تابعه استان آذربایجان غربی [‌Establishment and formation of 12 rural districts including villages, farms and places located in Khoy County, West Azerbaijan province]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. شناسه [ID] 225318FD-4A06-4814-BC42-D402AE1BE7AD. شماره دوره [Course number] 66, شماره جلد [Volume number] 4. Archived from the original on 3 October 2025. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
5. سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان آذربایجان غربی [General Population and Housing Census 2006: West Azerbaijan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
6. سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان آذربایجان غربی [General Population and Housing Census 2011: West Azerbaijan Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.