Sorkheh Explained

Official Name:	Sorkheh
Native Name:	Persian: سرخه سور (Sorkhei)
Settlement Type:	City
Pushpin Map:	Iran
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Iran
Subdivision Type1:	Province
Subdivision Name1:	Semnan
Subdivision Type2:	County
Subdivision Name2:	Sorkheh
Subdivision Type3:	District
Subdivision Name3:	Central
Leader Name:	Foadiyan
Population As Of:	2016
Population Total:	9951
Population Density Km2:	auto
Blank Name Sec1:	Language(s)
Blank Info Sec1:	Sorkhei, Persian
Timezone:	IRST
Utc Offset:	+3:30
Coordinates:	35.4644°N 53.2086°W
Coordinates Footnotes:	^[1]
Elevation M:	1100
Area Code:	023

Sorkheh (Persian: سرخه) is a city in the Central District of Sorkheh County, Semnan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.^[2]

Demographics

Language

Sorkhei, a Semnani dialect and language, is still spoken by some of its inhabitants.

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 9,062 in 2,686 households, when it was in the former Sorkheh District of Semnan County.^[3] The following census in 2011 counted 9,711 people in 3,045 households.^[4] The 2016 census measured the population of the city asf 9,951 people in 3,388 households,^[5] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Sorkheh County. Sorkheh was transferred to the new Central District as the county's capital.^[2]

Notable people

• Abbas Ali Akhtari, Shia Cleric & Politician
• Hassan Rouhani (born 1948), 7th President of Iran^[6]
• Sahebeh Rouhani (born 1954), Iran's first lady (Hassan Rouhani's wife)
• Hossein Fereydoun (born 1957), Iranian politician.
• Ali Asqar Peyvandi (born 1962), Iranian physician and politician.
• Ruhollah Isari (born 1992), Futsal player.

See also

Notes and References

1. ((OpenStreetMap contributors)) . Sorkheh, Sorkheh County . . 25 April 2023 . 25 April 2023 . fa.
2. Web site: Letter of approval regarding Momenabad Rural District of Semnan province; and Letter of approval regarding country divisions in Semnan County, Semnan province . fa . Qavanin . https://web.archive.org/web/20230425135530/https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/292228 . Jahangiri . Ishaq . 25 April 2023 . Ministry of Interior, Council of Ministers . 27 December 2019 . 22 November 2023.
3. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006) . 20 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 25 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110920095232/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/20.xls . Excel . 20 September 2011.
4. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011) . 20 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . Syracuse University . https://web.archive.org/web/20230120141324/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Semnan.xls . 20 January 2023. 19 December 2022 . Excel.
5. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016) . 20 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 19 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201117022823/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_20.xlsx . Excel . 17 November 2020.
6. Book: Rouhani, Hassan. Memoirs of Hassan Rouhani; Vol. 1: The Islamic Revolution. 2008. Center for Strategic Research. Tehran, Iran. 978-600-5914-80-1 . fa.