Miyan Rahan, Kermanshah

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|subdivision_name2 = Sahneh

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Miyan Rahan ({{langx|fa|ميان راهان}}){{efn|Also romanized as Meyān Rāhān, Mīān Rāhān, and Mīyān Rāhān{{GEOnet3|-3074925}}}} is a city in, and the capital of, Dinavar District of Sahneh County, Kermanshah province, Iran.{{cite report|title=Approval letter regarding the establishment of Sahneh County|language=fa|website=solh.ir|via=Iranian Knowledge Authority, Iranian Legal Authority (Civilika)|url=https://www.solh.ir/regulation/5/2794|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240306170228/https://www.solh.ir/regulation/5/2794|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Council|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|archive-date=6 March 2024|date=c. 2024|orig-date=Approved 25 November 1372|id=Letter 1372/9|access-date=6 March 2024}} It also serves as the administrative center for Dinavar Rural District.{{cite web |title = Creation and establishment of 20 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Bakhtran County under Bakhtran province |language = fa |website = Islamic Parliament Research Center |url = https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110367 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120831185750/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110367 |publisher = Ministry of Interior, Board of Ministers |last = Mousavi |first = Mirhossein |archive-date = 31 August 2012 |date = 18 May 1366 |access-date = 29 January 2024}}

Demographics

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Its people speak the Laki dialect.{{cn|date=July 2023}}

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At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 489 in 131 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Kermanshah 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/05.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920094844/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/05.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}} The following census in 2011 counted 598 people in 177 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Kermanshah 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/Kermanshah.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230118172226/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Kermanshah.xls|archive-date=18 January 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}} The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 695 people in 206 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Kermanshah 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_05.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403212203/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_05.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=3 April 2022}}

Notes

References

Category:Cities in Kermanshah province

Category:Populated places in Sahneh County