Lalejin
Lalejin
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  Lalejin Location within Iran | |
| Coordinates: 34°58′27″N 48°28′32″E / 34.97417°N 48.47556°E | |
| Country | Iran |
| Province | Hamadan |
| County | Bahar |
| District | Lalejin |
| Elevation | 1,731 m (5,679 ft) |
| Population (2016)[1] | |
• Total | 14,916 |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
| Website | www |
Lalejin (Persian: لالجين)[a] is a city in, and the capital of, Lalejin District in Bahar County, Hamadan province, Iran.[3]
Demographics
[edit]Population
[edit]At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 14,689 in 3,760 households.[4] The following census in 2011 counted 15,291 people in 4,489 households.[5] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 14,916 people in 4,715 households.[1]
Geography
[edit]Lalejin is 20 kilometres north of Hamadan at an altitude of 1731 meters. It is situated 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) from Bahar, capital of Bahar County.
Lalejin District has an area of 508 square kilometers and had a population of 44,568 in 2006,[4] and 41,383 in 2016.[1] It is in the east of Bahar and is bordered in the west by Hamadan County and in the north by Kabudarahang County and contains Mohajeran and Sofalgaran.
Sister cities
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Italy | Faenza[6] |
See also
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Lalejin travel guide from Wikivoyage
Notes
[edit]- ↑ Also romanized as Lālajīn and Lālejīn; known locally as Lalin, also romanized as Lalīn; and also known as Shahr-e Lālejīn; and Azerbaijani: لَلين, romanized as Ləlin (English: Clay)[2]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 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 3 August 2026.
- ↑ Lalejin at GEOnet Names Server
- ↑ Habibi, Hassan (10 November 1993) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1372/08/19 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصویبنامه راجع به ایجاد و تاسیس بخش لالجین در استان همدان [Approval letter regarding the creation and establishment of Lalejin District in Hamadan province]. صلح [Saleh] (in Persian). وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board]. پیشنهاد شماره [Proposal No.] 7641/42/1090/1/9. Archived from the original on 12 February 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
- 1 2 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 3 August 2026.
- ↑ 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 3 August 2026.
- ↑ "Iran's Lalejin and Italy's Faenza named sister cities". Archived from the original on 3 November 2011. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
External links
[edit]- Lalejin, the heartland of pottery and ceramics in Iran Archived 15 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- The leading ceramic centers of Iran
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