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)
 • Total
713
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Varkaneh (Persian: وركانه) is a village in Alvandkuh-e Sharqi Rural District 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.

Demographics

Population

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

Notable people

See also

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Notes

  1. ↑ Also romanized as Varkāneh

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.