Santeh, Kurdistan Explained

Santeh
Native Name:Persian: سنته
Native Name Lang:fa
Settlement Type:City
Pushpin Map:Iran#Iran Kurdistan
Coordinates Footnotes:[1]
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Iran
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Kurdistan
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Saqqez
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Emam
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2016
Population Total:805
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:IRST
Utc Offset:+3:30

Santeh (Persian: سنته) is a city in, and the capital of Emam District of Saqqez County, Kurdistan province, Iran.[2] It also serves as the administrative center for Emam Rural District.[3] It was the capital of Ziviyeh District before the capital was transferred to Saheb.[4]

Demographics

Ethnicity

The city is populated by Kurds.[5]

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, Santeh's population was 860 in 199 households, when it was a village in Emam Rural District of Ziviyeh District.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 945 people in 236 households.[7] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 805 people in 231 households, by which time the rural district had been separated from the district in the establishment of Emam District. It was the most populous village in its rural district.[8]

In 2019, the village of Santeh was elevated to the status of a city.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. ((OpenStreetMap contributors)) . Santeh, Saqqez County . . 20 August 2023 . 20 August 2023 . fa.
  2. Web site: Sunteh of Saqqez County was upgraded to a city . fa . Fars News . https://web.archive.org/web/20240122213648/https://www.farsnews.ir/kordestan/news/13971222000662/سنته-شهرستان-سقز-به-شهر-ارتقا-یافت . 22 January 2024 . 13 March 2019 . 22 January 2024.
  3. Web site: Creation and formation of 10 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Saqqez County under Kurdistan province . fa . Islamic Parliament Research Center . https://web.archive.org/web/20101107185802/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110345 . Ministry of Interior, Board of Ministers . Mousavi . Mirhossein . 7 November 2010 . 18 May 1366 . 25 November 2023.
  4. Web site: Making reforms in the villages of Kurdistan province . fa . Islamic Parliament Research Center . https://web.archive.org/web/20140715023441/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/113207 . Ministry of Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board . Habibi . Hassan . 15 July 2014 . 29 August 1370 . 22 January 2024.
  5. Web site: Language distribution in Kordestan Province, Iran. https://archive.today/20230528185020/http://iranatlas.net/index.html?module=module.language-distribution.kordestan. 28 May 2023. Atlas of the languages of Iran (ALI). Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre, Carleton University. Mohammadirad. Masoud. Anonby. Erik. etal. live.
  6. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006) . 12 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 25 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110920092008/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/12.xls . Excel . 20 September 2011.
  7. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011) . 12 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . Syracuse University . https://web.archive.org/web/20230119120701/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Kurdistan.xls . 19 January 2023 . 19 December 2022 . Excel.
  8. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016) . 12 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 19 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220508185635/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_12.xlsx . Excel . 8 May 2022.