Danesfahan Explained

Danesfahan
Native Name:	Persian: دانسفهان
Native Name Lang:	fa
Settlement Type:	City
Pushpin Map:	Iran
Coordinates Footnotes:	^[1]
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Iran
Subdivision Type1:	Province
Subdivision Name1:	Qazvin
Subdivision Type2:	County
Subdivision Name2:	Buin Zahra
Subdivision Type3:	District
Subdivision Name3:	Ramand
Unit Pref:	Metric
Population As Of:	2016
Population Total:	9434
Population Density Km2:	auto
Timezone:	IRST
Utc Offset:	+3:30

Danesfahan (Persian: دانسفهان) is a city in, and the capital of, Ramand District of Buin Zahra County, Qazvin province, Iran.^[2] It is the former administrative center for Ramand-e Jonubi Rural District.^[3] The capital of the rural district has been transferred to the village of Khuznin.^[4]

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 8,687 in 2,141 households.^[5] The following census in 2011 counted 9,545 people in 2,583 households.^[6] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 9,434 people in 2,701 households.^[7]

Overview

Danesfahan is several kilometres west of Sagzabad and several kilometres south of Esfarvarin. Historically it has been affected by earthquakes.^{[8] [9] [10] [11]}

See also

Notes and References

1. ((OpenStreetMap contributors)) . Danesfahan, Buin Zahra County . . 15 May 2023 . 15 May 2023 . fa.
2. Web site: Creation and establishment of Khorramabad District centered on Khorramabad village under the citizenship of Qazvin County and Dashtabi District centered on the city and Ramand District centered on Danesfahan city under the citizenship of Buin Zahra County . fa . Islamic Parliament Research Center of the Islamic Republic of Iran . https://web.archive.org/web/20170809131533/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/117677 . 9 August 2017 . Ministry of Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Board . Habibi . Hassan . 21 March 1376 . 9 January 2024.
3. Web site: Creation and formation of 25 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Qazvin County under Zanjan province . fa . Islamic Parliament Research Center . https://web.archive.org/web/20120630220301/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110231 . 30 June 2012 . Ministry of Interior, Board of Ministers . Mousavi . Mirhossein . 28 November 2023.
4. Web site: Changes in country divisions in Buin Zahra County in Qazvin province . fa . Islamic Parliament Research Center . https://web.archive.org/web/20141127112107/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/117866 . 27 November 2014 . Ministry of Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Board . Habibi . Hassan . 29 April 1376 . 10 January 2024.
5. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006) . 26 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 25 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110920090740/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/26.xls . Excel . 20 September 2011.
6. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011) . 26 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . Syracuse University . https://web.archive.org/web/20230119221156/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Qazvin.xls . 19 January 2023. 19 December 2022 . Excel.
7. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016) . 26 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 19 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211130193527/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_26.xlsx . Excel . 30 November 2021.
8. Book: Ambraseys. N. N.. Melville. C. P.. A History of Persian Earthquakes. 17 August 2011. 10 November 2005. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-02187-6. 95.
9. The Tati dialects in the Sociolinguistic Context of north-western Iran and Transcaucasia, Stilo, D. 1981: In: Iranian Studies 14.3/4, 137-187.
10. https://books.google.com/books?id=mzGCAAAAIAAJ A Grammar of Southern Tati Dialects, Ehsan Yar-Shater, 1969.
11. Tats of Iran and Caucasus, Ali Abdoli, 2010.