Lalejin

Lalejin
Persian: لالجين
Azerbaijani: للین, Lalin Ləlin
City
Lalejin is located in Iran
Lalejin
Lalejin
Location within Iran
Coordinates: 34°58′27″N 48°28′32″E / 34.97417°N 48.47556°E / 34.97417; 48.47556
CountryIran
ProvinceHamadan
CountyBahar
DistrictLalejin
Elevation
1,731 m (5,679 ft)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total
14,916
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)
Websitewww.lalejincity.ir

Lalejin (Persian: لالجين)[a] is a city in, and the capital of, Lalejin District in Bahar County, Hamadan province, Iran.[3]

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 14,689 in 3,760 households.[4] The following census in 2011 counted 15,291 people in 4,489 households.[5] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 14,916 people in 4,715 households.[1]

Geography

Lalejin is 20 kilometres north of Hamadan at an altitude of 1731 meters. It is situated 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) from Bahar, capital of Bahar County.

Lalejin District has an area of 508 square kilometers and had a population of 44,568 in 2006,[4] and 41,383 in 2016.[1] It is in the east of Bahar and is bordered in the west by Hamadan County and in the north by Kabudarahang County and contains Mohajeran and Sofalgaran.

Sister cities

Country City
Italy Italy Faenza[6]

See also

Wikivoyage logo Lalejin travel guide from Wikivoyage

flag Iran portal

Notes

  1. ↑ Also romanized as Lālajīn and Lālejīn; known locally as Lalin, also romanized as Lalīn; and also known as Shahr-e Lālejīn; and Azerbaijani: لَلين, romanized as Ləlin (English: Clay)[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 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 3 August 2026.
  2. ↑ Lalejin at GEOnet Names Server
  3. ↑ Habibi, Hassan (10 November 1993) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1372/08/19 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصویبنامه راجع به ایجاد و تاسیس بخش لالجین در استان همدان [‌Approval letter regarding the creation and establishment of Lalejin District in Hamadan province]. صلح [Saleh] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board]. پیشنهاد شماره [Proposal No.] 7641/42/1090/1/9. Archived from the original on 12 February 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
  4. 1 2 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 3 August 2026.
  5. ↑ 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 3 August 2026.
  6. ↑ "Iran's Lalejin and Italy's Faenza named sister cities". Archived from the original on 3 November 2011. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
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