Lamazan
{{Short description|City in Hormozgan province, Iran}}
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|subdivision_name1 = Hormozgan
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|subdivision_name2 = Bandar Lengeh
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|subdivision_name3 = Mehran
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Lamazan ({{langx|fa|لمزان}}){{efn|Also romanized as Lamazān and Lemazān{{GEOnet3|-3073080|Lamazan}}}} is a city in, and the capital of, Mehran District of Bandar Lengeh County, Hormozgan province, Iran.{{cite report|title=Formation of Mehran District under the citizenship of Bandar Lengeh County in Hormozgan province|language=fa|website=qavanin.ir|via=Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran|url=https://qavanin.ir/Law/PrintText/174595|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230830100705/https://qavanin.ir/Law/PrintText/174595|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political and Defense Commission|last=Rahimi|first=Mohammad Reza|archive-date=30 August 2023|date=c. 2023|orig-date=Approved 25 January 1389|id=Proposal 4/42/120274; Letter 158802/T38854H|access-date=27 April 2024}}
Demographics
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At the time of the 2006 National Census, Lamazan's population was 2,101 in 405 households, when it was a village in Mehran Rural District of the Central District.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Hormozgan 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/22.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920094743/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/22.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}} The following census in 2011 counted 2,721 people in 633 households,{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Hormozgan Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=irandataportal.syr.edu|via=Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University|url=https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Hormozgan.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117182750/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Hormozgan.xls|archive-date=17 January 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}} by which time the rural district had been separated from the district in the formation of Mehran District. The 2016 census measured the population as 2,745 people in 646 households,{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Hormozgan 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_22.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220505014212/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_22.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=5 May 2022}} when Lamazan had been elevated to the status of a city.{{cite report|title=Approval letter regarding the transformation of the villages of Tazian-e Pain, Kuhestak, Tirur and Lamazan into cities|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/829003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240209190620/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/829003|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political and Defense Commission|last=Rahimi|first=Mohammad Reza|archive-date=9 February 2024|date=c. 2024|orig-date=Approved 29 June 1391|id=Proposal 4/1/42/136808; Letter 158802/T38854; Notification 217529/T47736K|access-date=9 February 2024}}
See also
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{{Hormozgan Province|state=collapsed}}
{{Bandar Lengeh County|state=collapsed}}
Category:Cities in Hormozgan province
Category:Populated places in Bandar Lengeh County
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