Varkaneh
Village in Hamadan, Iran
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34°40′37″N 48°37′09″E / 34.67694°N 48.61917°E / 34.67694; 48.61917 | |
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Province | Hamadan |
County | Hamadan |
Bakhsh | Central |
Rural District | Alvandkuh-e Sharqi |
Population (2006) | |
• Total | 848 |
Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+4:30 (IRDT) |
Varkaneh (Persian: وركانه, also Romanized as Varkāneh)[1] is a village in Alvandkuh-e Sharqi Rural District, in the Central District of Hamadan County, Hamadan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 848, in 196 families.[2]
Name
The name Vārkaneh is ultimately derived from Old Iranian *Varkānaka-, itself from Proto-Iranian *wr̥kāna-, and ultimately sharing an etymology with Varkāna, the Old Persian name of the province of Hyrcania.[3]
Notable people
References
- ^ Varkaneh can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3088193" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
- ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 2011-09-20.
- ^ Ahadian, M. Mahdi (2010). "Morphological Survey of Hamedan's Toponyms" (PDF). Linguistics Society of Iran. 6 (12): 129–148. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
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