Famenin

Famenin
Persian: فامنين
City
Famenin is located in Iran
Famenin
Famenin
Location within Iran
Coordinates: 35°06′50″N 48°58′21″E / 35.11389°N 48.97250°E / 35.11389; 48.97250
CountryIran
ProvinceHamadan
CountyFamenin
DistrictCentral
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total
14,208
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Famenin (Persian: فامنين)[a] is a city in the Central District of Famenin County, Hamadan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[3] It is also the administrative center for Khorram Dasht Rural District.[4]

Demographics

Language

Famenin is a predominately Azeri Turkic-speaking city at around 80%, the rest being standard Persian.[5]

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 14,019 in 3,634 households,[6] when it was capital of the former Famenin District in Hamadan County.[7] The following census in 2011 counted 14,478 people in 4,329 households,[8] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Famenin County. The city and the rural district were transferred to the new Central District, with Famenin as the county's capital.[3] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 14,208 people in 4,498 households.[1]

Notable people

See also

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Notes

  1. ↑ Also romanized as Fāmenīn and Fāmanīn; also known as Famīnīn[2]

References

  1. 1 2 سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان همدان [General Population and Housing Census 2016: Hamadan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
  2. ↑ Famenin at GEOnet Names Server
  3. 1 2 Davoodi, Parviz (24 May 2009) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 3/3/1388 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصویب‌نامه در خصوص تقسیمات کشوری در استان همدان [‌Resolution on national divisions in Hamadan province]. 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 هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. پیشنهاد شماره [Proposal No.] 185908/42/4/1. Archived from the original on 30 August 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
  4. ↑ Mousavi, Mir-Hossein (1 July 1987) [مصوب (Approved) 1366/04/10 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. ‌ايجاد و تشكيل 38 دهستان شامل روستاها، مزارع و مكانها در قسمتي از شهرستان همدان تابع استان همدان [‌Creation and formation of 38 rural districts including villages, farms and places in a part of Hamadan County under Hamadan province]. سامانه ملی قوانین و مقررات [National System of Laws and Regulations] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. پيشنهاد شماره [Proposal Number] 53/5/1/11762. Archived from the original on 21 May 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
  5. ↑ "Atlas of the Languages of Iran".
  6. ↑ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان همدان [General Population and Housing Census 2006: Hamadan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
  7. ↑ Banisadr, Abolhassan (4 June 1980) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1359/03/14 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. انتزاع چند دهستان از بخش رزن و بخش شراء و پیشخور همدان و چند دهستان از بخش مرکزی ملایر و اراک [‌The abstraction of several rural districts from Razan District and Shara and Pish Khowr Districts of Hamadan and several rural districts from the Central Districts of Malayer and Arak]. مهدی داودآبادی [Mehdi Davudabadi] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. شوراي انقلاب جمهوري اسلامي ايران [Revolutionary Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran]. پیشنهاد شماره [Proposal No.] 2321/5/53/1922. Archived from the original on 7 August 2026. Retrieved 7 August 2026.
  8. ↑ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان همدان [General Population and Housing Census 2011: Hamadan Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 17 January 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2026.