Qa'en
Qaen
City in South Khorasan province, Iran
Qaen (Persian: قائن)[lower-alpha 1] is a city in the Central District of Qaen County, South Khorasan province, Iran, and serves as capital of both the county and the district.[4]
At the 2006 census, its population was 32,474 in 8,492 households.[5][6] The following census in 2011 counted 40,226 people in 10,473 households.[7] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 42,323 people in 11,920 households.[2]