Meshkan (Persian: مشكان)[a] is a city in, and the capital of, Meshkan District of Khoshab County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran.

[4] It also serves as the administrative center for Meshkan Rural District.

[5][b] At the time of the 2006 National Census, Meshkan's population was 4,004 in 929 households, when it was a village in Darrehyam Rural District[c] of the former Khoshab District of Sabzevar County.

[4] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 3,540 people in 1,012 households.

[2] After the census, Meshkan was elevated to the status of a city.