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Shavand

Shavand
Persian: شوند
Village
Shavand is located in Iran
Shavand
Shavand
Location within Iran
Coordinates: 35°22′28″N 49°12′38″E / 35.37444°N 49.21056°E / 35.37444; 49.21056
CountryIran
ProvinceHamadan
CountyDargazin
DistrictShahanjarin
Rural DistrictDargazin-e Olya
Population
 (2016)[1]
  Total
924
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Shavand (Persian: شوند)[a] is a village in, and the capital of, Dargazin-e Olya Rural District[3][b] in Shahanjarin District of Dargazin County, Hamadan province, Iran. The previous capital of the rural district was the village of Changarin,[4] now the city of Shahanjarin.[5]

Demographics

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Population

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At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 978 in 232 households, when it was in Darjazin-e Olya Rural District[c] of the former Qorveh-ye Darjazin District in Razan County.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 955 people in 272 households.[7] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 924 people in 282 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 Shahanjarin District and renamed Dargazin-e Olya Rural District.[3]

In literature

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The 14th-century author Hamdallah Mustawfi listed Shavand (as Ashvand) as one of the main villages in the A‘lam district under Hamadan.[8]

Notable people

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Bahman Ansari, an Iranian historian and writer, is originally from this village. [9]

See also

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flag Iran portal

Notes

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  1. Also known as Shāhvand and Shāhvend[2]
  2. Formerly Darjazin-e Olya Rural District[3]
  3. Renamed Dargazin-e Olya 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 5 August 2026.
  2. Shavand at GEOnet Names Server
  3. 1 2 3 4 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 5 August 2026.
  4. Mousavi, Mir-Hossein (1 July 1987) [مصوب (Approved) 1366/04/10 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. ‌ايجاد و تشكيل 38 دهستان شامل روستاها، مزارع و مكانها در قسمتي از شهرستان همدان تابع استان همدان [‌Creation and formation of 38 rural districts including villages, farms and places in a part of Hamadan County under 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]. پيشنهاد شماره [Proposal Number] 53/5/1/11762. Archived from the original on 21 May 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2026.
  5. شاهنجرین درگزین شهر شد [‌Shahanjerin was chosen as the city]. قطره [Qatreh] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. 17 July 2023 [۲۶ تیر ۱۴۰۲ 26 Tir 1402 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. کد خبر [News Code] 1402042516093. Archived from the original on 19 October 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2026.
  6. 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 5 August 2026.
  7. 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 5 August 2026.
  8. Hamdallah Mustawfi (1919). Le Strange, Guy (ed.). The Geographical Part of the Nuzhat-al-Qulub. p. 75. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  9. Who is Bahman Ansari?