Official Name: | Saman |
Native Name: | Persian: سامان |
Settlement Type: | City |
Pushpin Map: | Iran |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Saman |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Central |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Total: | 14192 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | IRST |
Utc Offset: | +3:30 |
Coordinates: | 32.45°N 50.9108°W |
Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
Saman (Persian: سامان) is a city in the Central District of Saman County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[2]
The city is populated by Turkic people with a Persian minority.[3]
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 14,777 in 3,961 households, when it was in the former Saman District of Shahrekord County.[4] The following census in 2011 counted 15,327 people in 4,558 households.[5] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 14,192 people in 4,554 households,[6] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Saman County, and Saman was transferred to the new Central District as the county's capital.[2]