Lajan, Iran

{{Short description|City in West Azerbaijan province, Iran}}

{{for multi|the 14th-century structure in Bastam, Iran|Kashaneh Tower|the administrative divisions|Lajan District|and|Lahijan-e Gharbi Rural District|and|Lahijan-e Sharqi Rural District}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}

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Lajan ({{langx|fa|لاجان}}){{efn|Formerly Gerd Kashaneh (گردكشانه),{{cite report|title=Approval regarding national divisions in the provinces of West Azerbaijan, Ardabil, Isfahan, Bushehr, Sistan and Baluchestan, Fars, Qom, Lorestan, Mazandaran|language=fa|website=sdil.ac.ir|via=Shahr Danesh Legal Research Institute|url=https://sdil.ac.ir/آخرین-مصوبات-هیئت-دولت-دهه-سوم-اسفند/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629112137/https://sdil.ac.ir/آخرین-مصوبات-هیئت-دولت-دهه-سوم-اسفند/|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Cabinet of Ministers|last=Jahangiri|first=Ishaq|archive-date=29 June 2019|orig-date=Approved 22 December 1397|id=Proposal 158389; Notification 175033/T56016H|date=14 April 2019|access-date=29 January 2025}} also romanized as Gerd Kashāneh and Gerdak Shāneh; also known as Qertīq Shaneh{{GEOnet3|-3064090}}}} is a city in, and the capital of, Lajan District of Piranshahr County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran.{{cite report|title=Creation and establishment of two districts in West Azerbaijan province|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/115089|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240714190652/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/115089|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political and Defense Commission of the Government Board|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|archive-date=14 July 2024|date=c. 2024|orig-date=Approved 12 November 1373|id=Proposal 1.4.42.768; Notification 71540/T113K|access-date=14 July 2024}} Originally the village of Gerd Kashaneh in Lahijan-e Sharqi Rural District,{{cite report|title=Creation and formation of four rural districts including villages, farms and places in Piranshahr County under West Azerbaijan province|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/110532|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231222200542/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/110532|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|last=Mousavi|first=Mirhossein|archive-date=22 December 2023|access-date=22 December 2023|date=c. 2023|orig-date=Approved 9 April 1366|id=Proposal 6207.1.5.53}} it was elevated to the status of a city in 2002.{{cite report|title=Approval of divisional changes and reforms in West Azerbaijan province|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/122977|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231222204948/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/122977|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|last=Aref|first=Mohammad Reza|archive-date=22 December 2023|date=c. 2023|orig-date=Approved 18 December 1381|id=Proposal 1.4.42.68821; Notification 62295-28236|access-date=22 December 2023}} In 2019, the city was renamed Lajan.