Khusf
Khusf
City in South Khorasan province, Iran
Khusf (Persian: خوسف)[lower-alpha 1] is a city in the Central District of Khusf County, South Khorasan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[4] It is also the administrative center for Khusf Rural District.[5]
At the 2006 census, its population was 3,186 in 929 households, when it was in the former Khusf District of Birjand County.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 4,920 people in 1,221 households.[7] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 5,716 people in 1,544 households,[2] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Khusf County.[4]