Editing Gorgan (section)

===Population===
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 269,226 in 73,702 households.<ref name="2006 Golestan Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Golestan Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/27.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920085741/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/27.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}}</ref> The following census in 2011 counted 329,536 people in 98,019 households.<ref name="2011 Golestan Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Golestan Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=irandataportal.syr.edu|via=Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University|url=https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Golestan.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117141913/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Golestan.xls|archive-date=17 January 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}}</ref> The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 350,676 people in 111,099 households.<ref name="2016 Golestan Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Golestan Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_27.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329051758/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_27.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=29 March 2019}}</ref>