Behkandan

Behkandan
Persian: بهكندان
Village
Behkandan is located in Iran
Behkandan
Behkandan
Location within Iran
Coordinates: 35°16′21″N 49°05′58″E / 35.27250°N 49.09944°E / 35.27250; 49.09944
CountryIran
ProvinceHamadan
CountyDargazin
DistrictCentral
Rural DistrictDargazin-e Gharbi
Population
 (2016)
 • Total
871
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Behkandan (Persian: بهكندان) is a village in, and the capital of, Dargazin-e Gharbi Rural District in the Central District of Dargazin County, Hamadan province, Iran.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 1,010 in 241 households, when it was in Darjazin-e Sofla Rural District of the former Qorveh-ye Darjazin District in Razan County. The following census in 2011 counted 900 people in 280 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 871 people in 280 households.

In 2019, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Dargazin County. The rural district was transferred to the new Central District and renamed Dargazin-e Sofla Rural District. Behkandan was transferred to Dargazin-e Gharbi Rural District created in same district.

See also

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Notes

  1. ↑ Also romanized as Behkandān and Boḩkandān; also known as Būkandān
  2. ↑ Renamed Dargazin-e Sofla Rural District

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 4 August 2026.
  2. ↑ Behkandan at GEOnet Names Server
  3. 1 2 3 Jahangiri, Eshaq (27 February 2019) [مصوب (Approved) 1397,12,08 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصويب نامه در خصوص تقسيمات كشوري در شهرستان رزن استان همدان [‌Approval letter regarding national divisions in Razan County, 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]. ۱۸۹۳۵۰ پيشنهاد شماره [Proposal Number 189350]. Archived from the original on 31 July 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2026.
  4. ↑ 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 4 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 4 August 2026.