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Behkandan

Behkandan
Persian: بهكندان
Village
Behkandan is located in Iran
Behkandan
Behkandan
Location within Iran
Coordinates: 35°16′21″N 49°05′58″E / 35.27250°N 49.09944°E / 35.27250; 49.09944
CountryIran
ProvinceHamadan
CountyDargazin
DistrictCentral
Rural DistrictDargazin-e Gharbi
Population
 (2016)[1]
  Total
871
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Behkandan (Persian: بهكندان)[a] is a village in, and the capital of, Dargazin-e Gharbi Rural District[3] in the Central District of Dargazin County, Hamadan province, Iran.

Demographics

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Population

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At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 1,010 in 241 households, when it was in Darjazin-e Sofla Rural District[b] of the former Qorveh-ye Darjazin District in Razan County.[4] The following census in 2011 counted 900 people in 280 households.[5] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 871 people in 280 households.[1]

In 2019, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Dargazin County. The rural district was transferred to the new Central District and renamed Dargazin-e Sofla Rural District. Behkandan was transferred to Dargazin-e Gharbi Rural District created in same district.[3]

See also

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flag Iran portal

Notes

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  1. Also romanized as Behkandān and Boḩkandān; also known as Būkandān[2]
  2. Renamed Dargazin-e Sofla Rural District[3]

References

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  1. 1 2 سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان همدان [General Population and Housing Census 2016: Hamadan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2026.
  2. Behkandan at GEOnet Names Server
  3. 1 2 3 Jahangiri, Eshaq (27 February 2019) [مصوب (Approved) 1397,12,08 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصويب نامه در خصوص تقسيمات كشوري در شهرستان رزن استان همدان [‌Approval letter regarding national divisions in Razan County, Hamadan province]. سامانه ملی قوانین و مقررات [National System of Laws and Regulations] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. ۱۸۹۳۵۰ پيشنهاد شماره [Proposal Number 189350]. Archived from the original on 31 July 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2026.
  4. سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان همدان [General Population and Housing Census 2006: Hamadan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2026.
  5. سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان همدان [General Population and Housing Census 2011: Hamadan Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 17 January 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2026.