Varkaneh

Varkaneh
Persian: وركانه
Village
A house in the village of Varkaneh
A house in the village of Varkaneh
Varkaneh is located in Iran
Varkaneh
Varkaneh
Location within Iran
Coordinates: 34°40′37″N 48°37′09″E / 34.67694°N 48.61917°E / 34.67694; 48.61917
CountryIran
ProvinceHamadan
CountyHamadan
DistrictCentral
Rural DistrictAlvandkuh-e Sharqi
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total
713
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Varkaneh (Persian: وركانه)[a] is a village in Alvandkuh-e Sharqi Rural District[3] of the Central District in Hamadan County, Hamadan province, Iran.

Etymology

The name Varkaneh is ultimately derived from Old Iranian *varkānaka-, itself from Proto-Iranian *wr̥kāna-, and ultimately sharing an etymology with Varkāna, the Old Persian name of the province of Hyrcania.[4]

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 848 in 196 households.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 800 people in 219 households.[6] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 713 people in 201 households.[1]

Notable people

See also

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Notes

  1. ↑ Also romanized as Varkāneh[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 7 August 2026.
  2. ↑ Varkaneh at GEOnet Names Server
  3. ↑ 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 7 August 2026.
  4. ↑ Ahadian, M. Mahdi (2010). "Morphological Survey of Hamedan's Toponyms" (PDF). 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 7 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 7 August 2026.
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