Posht Mekh

Posht Mekh Persian: پشت مخ
Village
Posht Mekh
Coordinates: 37°19′16″N 49°11′24″E / 37.32111°N 49.19000°E / 37.32111; 49.19000[1]
Country	Iran
Province	Gilan
County	Sowme'eh Sara
District	Mirza Kuchek Janghli
Rural District	Gurab Zarmikh
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	534
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Posht Mekh (Persian: پشت مخ)^[a] is a village in Gurab Zarmikh Rural District^[4] of Mirza Kuchek Janghli District in Sowme'eh Sara County, Gilan province, Iran.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 703 in 199 households.^[5] The following census in 2011 counted 647 people in 189 households.^[6] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 534 people in 176 households.^[2]

See also

Iran portal

Notes

1. Also romanized as Posht Makh; also known as Pushtamah and Pushtamikh^[3]

References

1. OpenStreetMap contributors (30 November 2025). "پشت مخ, دهستان گوراب زرمیخ, بخش میرزاکوچک جنگلی [Posht Mekh, Gurab Zarmikh Rural District, Mirza Kuchek Janghli District], Sowme'eh Sara County, Gilan Province, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 30 November 2025.
2. سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان گیلان [General Population and Housing Census 2016: Gilan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 4 December 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
3. Posht Mekh can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3078568" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
4. Mousavi, Mir-Hossein (9 August 1987) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1366/05/18 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. ایجاد و تشکیل تعداد 7 دهستان شامل روستاها، مزارع و مکانهای در شهرستان صومعه سرا تابع استان گیلان [‌Creation and formation of seven rural districts including villages, farms and places in Sowme'eh Sara County under Gilan province]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. شناسه [ID] A04F12E3-1193-44C9-BF0A-9DA01402BBDA. شماره دوره [Course number] 66, شماره جلد [Volume number] 13. Archived from the original on 30 November 2025. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
5. سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان گیلان [General Population and Housing Census 2006: Gilan 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 گیلان [General Population and Housing Census 2011: Gilan Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 8 October 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.