Maryanaj

Maryanaj
Persian: مريانج
City
Alvand Mountain overlooking Maryanaj
Alvand Mountain overlooking Maryanaj
Maryanaj is located in Iran
Maryanaj
Maryanaj
Location within Iran
Coordinates: 34°49′51″N 48°27′37″E / 34.83083°N 48.46028°E / 34.83083; 48.46028
CountryIran
ProvinceHamadan
CountyHamadan
DistrictCentral
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total
10,848
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Maryanaj (Persian: مريانج)[a] is a city in the Central District of Hamadan County, Hamadan province, Iran.[3]

Etymology

The name Maryānaj is derived from Middle Persian *margānag, from Old Persian *margā- plus the suffix -ānag; it is related to the Middle Persian mlw' (vocalized /marw/) and Parthian mrg (vocalized /marγ‬‬/), both meaning "prairie", and to the Avestan marəγa and Modern Persian مرغ (marğ), both meaning "plant".[4]

In the dialect of Hamadan, the name is pronounced Maryāneh (مریانه), a form influenced by Middle Persian; in the local dialect of Maryanaj itself, the name is pronounced Margāneh (مرگانه), an older form influenced by Northwestern Middle Iranian languages.[4]

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 9,442 in 2,518 households.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 10,207 people in 3,146 households.[6] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 10,848 people in 3,619 households.[1]

See also

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Notes

  1. ↑ Also romanized as Maryānaj; also known as Marjān and Marjāna[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 8 August 2026.
  2. ↑ Maryanaj at GEOnet Names Server
  3. ↑ Habibi, Hassan (12 September 1990) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1369/06/21 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصویب سازمان و سلسله تابعیت عناصر و واحدهای تقسیمات کشوری استان همدان به مرکزیت شهر همدان [‌Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of Hamadan province, centered in Hamadan city]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board]. شناسه [ID] 0B4BF172-2464-430F-82EF-9426BDC5D272. شماره دوره [Course number] 69, شماره جلد [Volume number] 3. Archived from the original on 11 February 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2026.
  4. 1 2 Ahadian, M. Mahdi (2010). "Morphological Survey of Hamedan's Toponyms". Linguistics Society of Iran. 6 (12): 129–148. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  5. ↑ 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 8 August 2026.
  6. ↑ 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 8 August 2026.