Damghan County can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "9206415" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
The village of Kalateh was converted to a city in 2011.[5]
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the county's population was 81,993 in 23,020 households.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 86,908 people in 25,554 households.[7] The 2016 census measured the population of the county as 94,190 in 30,296 households.[3]
Administrative divisions
Damghan County's population history and administrative structure over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.
The Ali Spring (Cheshmeh-ye Ali) is in Damghan County (not be confused with the Cheshmeh-ye Ali in Ray, southern Tehran). Amirabad District forms the major part of the county. The three cities are Damghan, Dibaj and Amiriyeh.
Main Tehran-Mashhad railway is 5km south of Damghan. Damghan is alongside of Tehran-Mashhad Highway.
From south there is main road to Isfahan and Yazd, and northward from Ali Spring (Cheshmeh Ali) & Tuyeh Darvar to Sari and through Dibaj to Behshahr & Gorgan.
Tourist attractions
Damghan city itself has many ancient and historical places. However outside the city also there are some attractions like:
123سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395: استان سمنان[General Population and Housing Census 2016: Semnan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original(Excel) on 17 November 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
↑Habibi, Hassan (12 September 1990) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1369/06/21 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصویب سازمان و سلسله تابعیت عناصر و واحدهای تقسیمات کشوری استان سمنان به مرکزیت شهر سمنان[Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of Semnan province, centered in Semnan city]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board]. شناسه [ID] 6E990373-75CA-4068-833E-25F3268CCDCE. شماره دوره [Course number] 69, شماره جلد [Volume number] 3. Archived from the original on 2 January 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
↑Rahimi, Mohammad Reza (27 February 2011) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1389/12/08 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصویبنامه در خصوص تبدیل روستای کلاته از توابع دهستان رودبار بخش مرکزی شهرستان دامغان در استان سمنان به شهر[Approval letter regarding the transformation of Kalateh village from the functions of Rudbar Rural District, Central District of Damghan County in Semnan province into a city]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board]. پیشنهاد شماره [Proposal Number] 171517/42/1/1. Archived from the original on 25 January 2026. Retrieved 25 January 2026.
12سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385: استان سمنان[General Population and Housing Census 2006: Semnan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original(Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
12سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390: استان سمنان[General Population and Housing Census 2011: Semnan Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original(Excel) on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
↑Habibi, Hassan (19 May 1996) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1375.2.30 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تبدیل روستای امیرآباد مرکز بخش امیرآباد تابع شهرستان دامغان در استان سمنان به شهر امیریه[Converting the village of Amirabad, the center of Amirabad District, under Damghan County in Semnan province, into the city of Amiriyeh]. مرکز پژوهشهای مجلس شورای اسلامی ایران [Research Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran] (in Persian). وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board]. پیشنهاد شماره [Proposal No.] 1.42.8315. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2026.
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