The Central District of Samalqan County[a] (Persian: بخش مرکزی شهرستان سملقان) is in North Khorasan province, Iran.

[4] At the time of the 2006 National Census, the district's population was 44,804 in 11,301 households.

[5] The following census in 2011 counted 53,563 people in 3,659 households.

[6] The 2016 census measured the population of the district as 53,110 inhabitants in 15,350 households.

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