Kordkuy

For the administrative subdivision, see Kordkuy County.

Kordkuy کردکوی
city
Kordkuy Location in Iran
Coordinates:
Country	Iran
Province	Golestan
County	Kordkuy
Bakhsh	Central
Population (2006)
• Total	28,991
Time zone	IRST (UTC+3:30)
• Summer (DST)	IDST (UTC+4:30)
Kordkuy at GEOnet Names Server

Kordkuy (Persian: كرد كوی‎‎; also Romanized as Kord Kūy, Kord Kū, and Kurd Kūi) is a city in and capital of Kordkuy County, in Golestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 28,991, in 7,611 families.

Kordkuy (means The Mountain of Kurd)(former Tamiše ) is located on the west part of the Golestân province. It is connected to Bandar from the north and the west to Bandare Gaz the east to Gorgân and from the south to Dâmâqân of Semnân province. Its south parts are closed with the heights of Alborz (Elbruz) mountains. Kordkuy was a part of Gorgân until 1979 when it gained town status. The former name of Kordkuy was "Tamiše" which was also attributed to the western part of Gorgân. Kordkuy's most harvests are husked rice, wheat, cotton and soya.

External links

• The city of Kordkuy in the Golestan Province (video), PressTV, 25 July 2010 (4 min 26 sec).