Gonbad-e Qabus

Gonbad-e Qabus

Gonbad-e Qābus (Persian: گنبد قابوس‎) or Gonbad-e Kāvus (Persian: گنبد كاووس‎); formerly Dashte Gorgan) is a city in and the capital of Gonbad-e Qabus County, in the province of Golestān in the northeast of Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 127,167, in 30,710 families.

The population is predominantly Turkmens.

The city is famous for a historic brick tower by the same name.

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