Shahanjarin
City in Hamadan province, Iran
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Shahanjarin (Persian: شاهنجرین)[a] is a city in, and the capital of, Shahanjarin District in Dargazin County, Hamadan province, Iran.[3] As the village of Changarin, it was the capital of Darjazin-e Olya Rural District[4][b] until its capital was transferred to the village of Shavand.[3]
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, Shahanjarin's population was 2,224 in 558 households, when it was the village of Changarin in Darjazin-e Olya Rural District[b] of the former Qorveh-ye Darjazin District in Razan County.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 2,362 people in 677 households.[6] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 1,584 people in 597 households.[2]
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. At the same time, the village of Changarin was renamed Shahanjarin,[3] and was converted to a city in 2023.[1]
