Karan, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari

Karan
Persian: كران
Village
Karan is located in Iran
Karan
Karan
Location within Iran
Coordinates: 32°13′41″N 50°35′42″E / 32.22806°N 50.59500°E / 32.22806; 50.59500[1]
CountryIran
ProvinceChaharmahal and Bakhtiari
CountyFarsan
DistrictJunqan
Rural DistrictMizdej-e Sofla
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total
4,049
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Karan (Persian: كُران)[a] is a village in Mizdej-e Sofla Rural District[4] of Junqan District in Farsan County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, Iran.

Demographics

Ethnicity

The village is populated by Lurs.[5]

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 4,227 in 955 households, when it was in the Central District.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 4,345 people in 1,240 households,[7] by which time the rural district had been separated from the district in the formation of Junqan District.[8] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 4,049 people in 1,193 households. It was the only village in its rural district.[2]

See also

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Notes

  1. ↑ Also romanized as Korān[3]

References

  1. ↑ OpenStreetMap contributors (29 August 2024). "Koraan, دهستان میزدج سفلی, بخش جونقان [Mizdej-e Sofla Rural District, Junqan District], Farsan County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiyari Province, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  2. 1 2 سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان چهارمحال و بختیاری [General Population and Housing Census 2016: Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. ↑ Koran at GEOnet Names Server
  4. ↑ Mousavi, Mir-Hossein (22 April 1987) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1366/02/02 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. ایجاد و تشکیل 5 دهستان شامل روستاها، مزارع و مکانها در شهرستان فارسان تابع استان چهار محال و بختیاری [‌Establishment and formation of five rural districts including villages, farms and places in Farsan County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. شناسه [ID] CBFECDA5-5EBA-4422-B3E3-831E14FBE3A3. شماره دوره [Course number] 6, شماره جلد [Volume number] 2. Archived from the original on 29 August 2025. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  5. ↑ "Language distribution: Chahar Mahal va Bakhtiari Province". Iran Atlas. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  6. ↑ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان چهارمحال و بختیاری [General Population and Housing Census 2006: Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  7. ↑ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان چهارمحال و بختیاری [General Population and Housing Census 2011: Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  8. ↑ Rahimi, Mohammad Reza (30 January 2011) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1389/11/10 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. ایجاد، تغییر و الحاق تقسیماتی در شهرستان فارسان استان چهارمحال و بختیاری [‌Creation, change and annexation of divisions in Farsan County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province]. مهدی داودآبادی [Mehdi Davudabadi] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board]. پیشنهاد شماره 1/9634/42/42 [Proposal Number 1/9634/42/42]. Archived from the original on 29 August 2025. Retrieved 29 August 2025.