Nukabad
Nukabad
City in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran
Nukabad (Persian: نوك آباد, also Romanized as Nūkābād and Nok Abad)[3] is a city in the Central District of Taftan County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran, serving as capital of the county.[4]
At the 2006 census, its population was 2,821 in 623 households, when it was in the former Nukabad District of Khash County.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 3,193 people in 706 households.[6] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 5,261 people in 1,370 households.[2]
In 2018, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Taftan County, which was divided into three districts of two rural districts each, with Nukabad as its capital and only city.[4]