Qahan

Qahan
Persian: قاهان
City
Qahan is located in Iran
Qahan
Qahan
Location within Iran
Coordinates: 34°43′30″N 50°15′46″E / 34.72500°N 50.26278°E / 34.72500; 50.26278
CountryIran
ProvinceQom
CountyJafarabad
DistrictQahan
Established as a city2017
Population
 (2016)
 • Total
784
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Qahan (Persian: قاهان) is a city in, and the capital of, Qahan District in Jafarabad County, Qom province, Iran. It also serves as the administrative center for Qahan Rural District.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, Qahan's population was 715 in 193 households, when it was a village in Qahan Rural District of Khalajestan District in Qom County. The following census in 2011 counted 747 people in 255 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 784 people in 286 households, the most populous in its rural district.

In 2021, the rural district was separated from the county in the establishment of Jafarabad County and transferred to the new Qahan District. Qahan was converted to a city in 2017.

See also

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Notes

  1. ↑ Also romanized as Qāhān

References

  1. 1 2 Vahidi, Ahmad (8 August 2017) [۱۳۹۶/۵/۱۷ (1396/5/17) (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. با موافقت وزیر کشور؛ روستای قاهان در استان قم به شهر تبدیل شد [‌With the approval of the Minister of the Interior: Qahan village in Qom province was converted into a city]. خبرگزاری مهر [Mehr News Agency] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. نامه شماره ۳۳۶۶۷/۵۹۸۰۶۰ [Letter No. 33667/598060]. Archived from the original on 20 May 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
  2. 1 2 سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان قم [General Population and Housing Census 2016: Qom Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
  3. ↑ Qahan at GEOnet Names Server
  4. 1 2 Jahangiri, Eshaq (5 May 2021) [مصوب (Approved) 1400,02,15 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصويب نامه در خصوص تقسيمات كشوري بخش كهك در استان قم [‌Letter of approval regarding the national divisions of Kahak District in Qom 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] 206826. Archived from the original on 19 October 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
  5. ↑ Mousavi, Mir-Hossein (22 April 1987) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1366/02/02 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. ایجاد و تشکیل تعداد 9 دهستان شامل روستاها، مزارع و مکانها در شهرستان قم تابع استان تهران [‌Creation and formation of nine rural districts including villages, farms and places in Qom County under Tehran province]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. شناسه [ID] FB8B9FE9-54EB-4E86-B46E-0AFB66CD2B56. شماره دوره [Course number] 66, شماره جلد [Volume number] 2. Archived from the original on 9 January 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
  6. ↑ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان قم [General Population and Housing Census 2006: Qom Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
  7. ↑ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان قم [General Population and Housing Census 2011: Qom Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2026.