Giahdan (, also
Romanize
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d as Gīāhdān and Geyāhdān; also known as Giadūn) is a village in
Howmeh Rural District, in the
Central District of
Qeshm County
Qeshm County () is in Hormozgan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Qeshm. Qeshm is a free trade zone and has good potential for business.
History
After the 2016 National Census, the villages of Laft and Ramkan
were elevated to ...
,
Hormozgan Province,
Iran
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. At the 2006 census, its population was 2,416, in 507 families. The village suffered heavily in the
2005 Qeshm earthquake
An earthquake occurred on November 27, 2005, at 13:52 IRST (10:22 UTC) on the sparsely populated Qeshm Island off Southern Iran, killing 13 people and devastating 13 villages. It was Iran's second major earthquake of 2005, following the one at ...
.
References
Populated places in Qeshm County
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