Piruz, Iran

Piruz

Persian: پيروز
Piruz Persian: پيروز
Village
	Piruz Location within Iran
	Coordinates: 34°08′07″N 49°02′43″E / 34.13528°N 49.04528°E
Country	Iran
Province	Hamadan
County	Malayer
District	Zand
Rural District	Kamazan-e Vosta
Population (2016)
• Total	821
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Piruz (Persian: پيروز)^[a] is a village in, and the capital of, Kamazan-e Vosta Rural District^[3] in Zand District of Malayer County, Hamadan province, Iran.

History

During the Iranian revolution, on 13 May 1978, the Piruz incident took place near Piruz, when several students travelling by bus from Malayer were stopped at an army check point and shot. On several demonstrations in Hamadan province the punishment of the soldiers was demanded, but only one of the soldiers was sentenced.^[4]

Demographics

Language

It is a Luri-speaking village.^[5]

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 1,157 in 310 households.^[6] The following census in 2011 counted 1,053 people in 334 households.^[7] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 821 people in 276 households, the most populous in its rural district.^[1]

Notable people

Karim Khan Zand, founder of the Zand dynasty and ruler of Iran from 1751 to 1779 was born here in c.1705.

Notes

↑ Also romanized as Pīrūz; also known as Fārī and Parī (پري)^[2]

References

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 13 August 2026.
↑ Piruz at GEOnet Names Server
↑ Habibi, Hassan (16 May 1990) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1369/02/26 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصویب اصلاحاتی در دهستانهای استان همدان [‌Approval of reforms in Hamadan province rural districts]. 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 [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board]. پیشنهاد شماره [Proposal No.] 14034.1.5.53. Archived from the original on 23 July 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2026.
↑ Lehr Wagner, Heather (2010). The Iranian Revolution. Infobase Publishing. p. 78. ISBN 9781438132365.
↑ "Atlas of the Languages of Iran".
↑ 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 13 August 2026.
↑ 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 13 August 2026.

[3] Also romanized as Pīrūz; also known as Fārī and Parī (پري)^[2]

[2016_Hamadan_Province-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 13 August 2026.

[2] Piruz at GEOnet Names Server

[Hamadan_Province_Reforms_112815-4] Habibi, Hassan (16 May 1990) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1369/02/26 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصویب اصلاحاتی در دهستانهای استان همدان [‌Approval of reforms in Hamadan province rural districts]. 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 [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board]. پیشنهاد شماره [Proposal No.] 14034.1.5.53. Archived from the original on 23 July 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2026.

[5] Lehr Wagner, Heather (2010). The Iranian Revolution. Infobase Publishing. p. 78. ISBN 9781438132365.

[6] "Atlas of the Languages of Iran".

[2006_Hamadan_Province-7] 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 13 August 2026.

[2011_Hamadan_Province-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 13 August 2026.

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