Veysian

Veysian
Persian: ويسيان
City
Veysian is located in Iran
Veysian
Veysian
Location within Iran
Coordinates: 33°29′09″N 48°01′50″E / 33.48583°N 48.03056°E / 33.48583; 48.03056
CountryIran
ProvinceLorestan
CountyChegeni
DistrictVeysian
Established as a city1999[1]
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total
2,087
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Veysian (Persian: ويسيان)[a] is a city in, and the capital of, Veysian District[6] in Chegeni County,[b] Lorestan province, Iran. It also serves as the administrative center for Veysian Rural District.[8] The village of Mahmudvand was converted to a city in 1999[1] and was renamed Veysian in 2007.[3]

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 1,817 in 429 households, when it was in Khorramabad County.[9] The following census in 2011 counted 1,988 people in 535 households,[10] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Dowreh County.[3][c] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 2,087 people in 619 households.[2]

See also

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Notes

  1. ↑ Also romanized as Veysīān and Veysīyān; also known as Cham Bāgh-e Veysīān, Vaisiyan, Vaisyan, Vasīān, Veseyān, and Voisiyan; formerly known as Mahmudvand (محمودوند),[3] also romanized as Maḩmūdvand[4][5]
  2. ↑ Formerly Dowreh County[7]
  3. ↑ Renamed Chegeni County[7]

References

  1. 1 2 Habibi, Hassan (17 March 1999) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1377/12/26 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تبدیل شدن روستای محمودوند مرکز بخش ویسیان از توابع شهرستان خرم آباد در استان لرستان به شهر [‌Conversion of Mahmudvand village, the center of Veysian District, Khorramabad County, Lorestan province, into a city]. مهدی داودآبادی [Mehdi Davudabadi] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. پیشنهاد شماره [Proposal No.] 13285/42/01. Archived from the original on 22 June 2026. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
  2. 1 2 سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان لرستان [General Population and Housing Census 2016: Lorestan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 12 October 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 Davoodi, Parviz (21 October 2007) [۲۹ /۷ /۱۳۸۶ تصويب (Approval 29/7/1386) (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصویب نامه درخصوص اصلاحات تقسیمات كشوری در استان لرستان [‌Approval letter regarding the reforms of national divisions in Lorestan province]. پایگاه ملی اطلاع رسانی قوانین و مقررات کشور [National Database of Information on the Country's Laws and Regulations] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board]. مقرره [Regulation] 36585. Archived from the original on 29 September 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
  4. ↑ Veysian at GEOnet Names Server
  5. ↑ Mahmudvand at GEOnet Names Server
  6. ↑ ‌تصویب سازمان و سلسله تابعیت عناصر و واحدهای تقسیمات کشوری استان لرستان به مرکزیت شهر خرم‌آباد [‌Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the country divisions of Lorestan province, centered in the city of Khorramabad]. 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]. 12 September 1990 [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1369.6.21 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. شناسه [ID] 3086BCE7-6AF8-402A-9E23-5D20DB46A8D2. شماره دوره [Course number] 69, شماره جلد [Volume number] 3. Archived from the original on 19 January 2024. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
  7. 1 2 Jahangiri, Eshaq (17 March 2019) [تاریخ ابلاغ (Notification date) 26/12/1397 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصویب‌نامه در خصوص تقسیمات کشوری در استان‌های آذربایجان غربی، اردبیل، اصفهان، بوشهر، سیستان و بلوچستان، فارس، قم، لرستان، مازندران [‌Approval regarding national divisions in the provinces of West Azerbaijan, Ardabil, Isfahan, Bushehr, Sistan and Baluchestan, Fars, Qom, Lorestan, Mazandaran]. پژوهشکده حقوقی شهر دانش [Shahr Danesh Law Research Institute] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. شماره ابلاغیه [Notification number] 175033/T56016H. Archived from the original on 29 June 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
  8. ↑ Mousavi, Mir-Hossein (1 July 1987) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1366.04.10 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. ایجاد و تشکیل 47 دهستان شامل روستاها، مزارع و مکانها در شهرستان خرم آباد تابع استان لرستان [‌Creation and formation of 47 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Khorramabad County under Lorestan province]. مرکز پژوهشهای مجلس شورای اسلامی ایران [Research Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. پیشنهاد شماره [Proposal No.] 42.1.5.53. Archived from the original on 20 February 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
  9. ↑ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان لرستان [General Population and Housing Census 2006: Lorestan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
  10. ↑ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان لرستان [General Population and Housing Census 2011: Lorestan Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 19 January 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2026.