Karangan, East Azerbaijan Explained

Official Name:Karangan
Native Name:كرنگان
Settlement Type:village
Pushpin Map:Iran
Mapsize:150px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:East Azerbaijan
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Varzaqan
Subdivision Type3:Bakhsh
Subdivision Name3:Central
Subdivision Type4:Rural District
Subdivision Name4:Sina
Population As Of:2006
Population Total:129
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:IRST
Utc Offset:+3:30
Timezone Dst:IRDT
Utc Offset Dst:+4:30
Coordinates:38.7522°N 46.5244°W

Karangan (Persian: كرنگان, also Romanized as Karangān, Karanagān, and Kerengān; also known as Karanīgān, Karankan, Karingan, Kerenkān, and Kyurengyan) is a village in Sina Rural District, in the Central District of Varzaqan County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 129, in 27 families. People of Karangan are Tat and they speak Tati language (Karingani). Tati is old language of Azerbaijan (Old Azeri).[1]

Notes and References

  1. The Old Language of Azerbaijan [Zabān-e dīrīn-e Azarbāyǰān], Manuchehr Mortazavi.