At the 2006 census, its population was 19,759 in 4,654 households when it was in the former Showt District of
Maku County.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 21,047 people in 5,491 households,[6] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Showt County.[4] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 25,381 people in 7,219 households.[2]
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