Qaleh_Now-e_Kharaqan
Qaleh Now-e Kharaqan
Village in Semnan province, Iran
Qaleh Now-e Kharaqan (Persian: قلعه نوخرقان)[lower-alpha 1] is a village in, and the capital of, Kharqan Rural District[lower-alpha 2] of Bastam District, Shahrud County, Semnan province, Iran.[5]
At the 2006 National Census, its population was 1,937 in 582 households.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 3,927 people in 1,248 households.[7] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 3,166 people in 1,089 households.[2]