Holunchekan

Holunchekan (Persian: هلونچكان, also Romanized as Holūnchekān; also known as ’alūb Chekān, Helān Chekān, Holān Chokān, and Holonchekān) is a village in, and the capital of, Holunchekan Rural District of the Central District of Qasr-e Qand County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran.

Holunchekan
Persian: هلونچگان
Village
Holunchekan
Coordinates: 26°15′19″N 60°45′36″E
Country Iran
ProvinceSistan and Baluchestan
CountyQasr-e Qand
DistrictCentral
Rural DistrictHolunchekan
Population
 (2016)
  Total1,294
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

At the 2006 National Census, its population was 1,017 in 178 households, when it was in the former Qasr-e Qand District of Nik Shahr County. The following census in 2011 counted 1,177 people in 260 households. The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 1,294 people in 300 households, by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Qasr-e Qand County. It was the largest village in its rural district.

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