Meshkan, Razavi Khorasan

Meshkan is a city in, and the capital of, Meshkan District of Khoshab County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran. It also serves as the administrative center for Meshkan Rural District.

Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, Meshkan's population was 4,004 in 929 households, when it was a village in Meshkan Rural District of the former Khoshab District of Sabzevar County. The following census in 2011 counted 4,331 people in 1,116 households, by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Khoshab County. The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 3,540 people in 1,012 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.

After the census, Meshkan was elevated to the status of a city.