Vardanjan, Iran Explained

Official Name:Vardanjan
Native Name:Persian: وردنجان
Settlement Type:City
Pushpin Map:Iran
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Iran
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Ben
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Central
Population As Of:2016
Population Total:4456
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:IRST
Utc Offset:+3:30
Coordinates:32.4739°N 50.7686°W
Coordinates Footnotes:[1]

Vardanjan (Persian: وردنجان) is a city in the Central District of Ben County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, Iran.[2] It was the capital of Vardanjan Rural District until the capital was transferred to the village of Bardeh.[3]

Demographics

Ethnicity

The city is populated by Persians.[4] [5]

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 4,262 in 1,023 households, when it was a village in Vardanjan Rural District of the former Ben District of Shahrekord County.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 4,324 people in 1,179 households,[7] by which time the village had been elevated to the status of a city.[2] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 4,456 people in 1,329 households,[8] when the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Ben County. Vardanjan and the rural district were transferred to the new Central District.[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. ((OpenStreetMap contributors)) . Vardanjan, Ben County . . 31 March 2023 . 31 March 2023 . fa.
  2. Web site: With some changes in the geography of the country: Four new cities in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province were added to the national division map . fa . Dolat . https://web.archive.org/web/20170228075432/https://dolat.ir/detail/199779 . 28 February 2017 . Ministry of Interior, Political and Defense Commission . Rahimi . Mohmmad Reza . 2 December 2023.
  3. Web site: Letter of approval regarding country divisions in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province . fa . Research Center of the System of Laws of the Islamic Council of Farabi Mobile Library . https://web.archive.org/web/20130110181426/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/826689 . 10 January 2013 . Ministry of Interior, Council of Ministers . Rahimi . Mohammad Reza . 29 September 2013 . 6 November 2023.
  4. Web site: Language distribution: Chahar Mahal va Bakhtiari Province. 25 March 2021. Iran Atlas.
  5. Web site: Anonby. Erik. Atlas of the Languages of Iran: A working classification. 27 March 2021. Iran Atlas.
  6. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006) . 14 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 25 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110920094403/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/14.xls . Excel . 20 September 2011.
  7. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011) . 14 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . Syracuse University . https://web.archive.org/web/20230116012310/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Chahar-Mahal-and-Bakhtiari.xls . 16 January 2023. 19 December 2022 . Excel.
  8. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016) . 14 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 19 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190524080828/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_14.xlsx . Excel . 24 May 2019.