Varkaneh
وركانه
village
Varkaneh is located in Iran
Varkaneh
Varkaneh
Coordinates: 34°40′37″N 48°37′09″E / 34.67694°N 48.61917°E / 34.67694; 48.61917
Country Iran
ProvinceHamadan
CountyHamadan
BakhshCentral
Rural DistrictAlvandkuh-e Sharqi
Population
 (2006)
  Total848
Time zoneUTC+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

  1. 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".
  2. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 2011-09-20.
  3. 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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