Khamaneh
{{Short description|City in East Azerbaijan province, Iran}}
{{for|other places with a similar name|Kamaneh (disambiguation){{!}}Kamaneh}}
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|subdivision_name2 = Shabestar
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|timezone = IRST
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|coordinates = {{coord|38|11|34|N|45|37|51|E|dim:1km|display=inline,title}}
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Khamaneh ({{langx|fa|خامنه}}){{efn|Also romanized as Khamaneh, Khāmeneh, and Khāmneh; also known as Khāminah, Khumla, and Khumna{{GEOnet3|-3070499}}}} is a city in the Central District of Shabestar County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran.{{cite report|title=Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the country divisions of East Azerbaijan province centered on the city of Tabriz|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Research Center of the System of Laws of the Islamic Council of the Farabi Library of Mobile Users|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/113028|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130804122525/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/113028|archive-date=4 August 2013|publisher=Ministry of Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board|last=Habibi|date=c. 2013|orig-date=Approved 21 June 1369|first=Hassan|id=Notification 8284/2T142K|access-date=4 December 2023}} The city is 72 km from Tabriz.{{cite web | url=http://www.dana.ir/news/273765.html/%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%86%D9%87--%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%87-%D9%BE%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%85-%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%B8%D9%85-%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A8%D8%B1%DB%8C | title=Khameneh, birth place of Iran's supreme leader | publisher=dana.ir | access-date=19 August 2019}}
History
Demographics
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At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 2,750 in 827 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): East Azerbaijan Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/03.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920092432/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/03.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}} The following census in 2011 counted 2,541 people in 812 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): East Azerbaijan Province|website=irandataportal.syr.edu|via=Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|url=https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/East-Azerbaijan.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116202318/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/East-Azerbaijan.xls|archive-date=16 January 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}} The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 3,056 people in 1,009 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): East Azerbaijan Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_03.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113123618/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_03.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=13 November 2020}}
Attractions
- Masjid MirPanj (MirPanj Mosque)
- Qanatin (Aqueducts) of Khameneh
- Bazar (Market) of Khameneh
- Historical bathroom of Khameneh
- Qareh Kahriz tourism area[https://seeiran.ir/category/states/azar-sharghi/%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%86%D9%87/ Khameneh --tourism places] seeiran.ir Retrieved 9 November 2019
Notable people
- Seyyed Javad Khamenei
- Mohammad Khiabani
- Mir-Hossein Mousavi
- Seyyed Ali Khamenei (Supreme Leader of Iran), whose father was born in Khameneh
- Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei
- Mirza Fatali Akhundov, whose father was born in Khameneh
See also
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References
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{{East Azerbaijan Province|state=collapsed}}
{{Shabestar County|state=collapsed}}
Category:Cities in East Azerbaijan province
Category:Populated places in Shabestar County
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