Komshecheh ( fa, كمشچه, also known as Gomshecheh, Gomsheh, Komshehcheh, Kumsheh, Qomsheh, and Qumisheh) is a city in
Habibabad District Habibabad District ( fa, بخش حبیب آباد) is a district (bakhsh) in Borkhar County, Isfahan Province, Iran. The District has three cities: Habibabad, Shadpurabad
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Borkhar County
Borkhar County ( fa, شهرستان برخوار) is in Isfahan province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Dowlatabad. It was created from the division of Borkhar and Meymeh County into Borkhar County and Shahin Shahr and Meyme ...
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Isfahan Province,
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkm ...
. At the 2016 census, its population was 4,871, in 1,152 families.
Founded in 1382, it is located about 20 kilometers Northeast of
Esfahan
Isfahan ( fa, اصفهان, Esfahân ), from its ancient designation ''Aspadana'' and, later, ''Spahan'' in middle Persian, rendered in English as ''Ispahan'', is a major city in the Greater Isfahan Region, Isfahan Province, Iran. It is lo ...
, the provincial capital, and 200 kilometers South of
Qum
Qom (also spelled as "Ghom", "Ghum", or "Qum") ( fa, قم ) is the seventh largest metropolis and also the seventh largest city in Iran. Qom is the capital of Qom Province. It is located to the south of Tehran. At the 2016 census, its popul ...
. In addition to some pre-Islamic monuments, it is the site of Ali Abad Shahvazy castle and old town mosque and bath. Its population is 5,500. Its main economic activity consists of bread manufacturing and home baking, which employ 2,000 people, and supplies the daily bread of a population of 200,000 in the surrounding areas.
According to Iran media, the "world's largest flat bread", baked in Komeshjeh in 2008, was recorded in the
Guinness Book of World Records
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References
Populated places in Borkhar County
Cities in Isfahan Province
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