Population At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 20,009 in 4,829 households, when it was capital of the former
Galikash District in
Minudasht County. The following census in 2011 counted 20,831 people in 5,768 households, by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of
Galikash County. Galikash was transferred to the new
Central District as the county's capital. ==See also==