Samen
{{Short description|City in Hamadan province, Iran}}
{{about||the administrative divisions|Samen District|and|Samen Rural District|the ballistic missile|Samen (missile)|the administrative divisions of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province|Saman County|and|Saman Rural District}}
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|subdivision_name1 = Hamadan
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|subdivision_name2 = Malayer
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|subdivision_name3 = Samen
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Samen ({{langx|fa|سامن}}){{efn|Also romanized as Sāman and Sāmen{{GEOnet3|-3823489}}}} is a city in, and the capital of, Samen District of Malayer County, Hamadan province, Iran.{{cite report|title=Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of Hamadan province, centered in Hamadan city|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/113025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240211122913/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/113025|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political Defense Commission of the Government Board|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|archive-date=11 February 2024|orig-date=Approved 21 June 1369|date=c. 2024|id=Proposal 3233.1.5.53; Letter 93808-907; Notification 82834/T134K|access-date=11 February 2024}}
Demographics
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At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 4,025 in 1,207 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Hamadan 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/13.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920093712/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/13.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}} The following census in 2011 counted 4,426 people in 1,269 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Hamadan 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/Hamadan.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117164705/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Hamadan.xls|archive-date=17 January 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}} The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 3,873 people in 1,268 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Hamadan 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_13.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421224006/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_13.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=21 April 2021}}
Archaeology
A subterranean city was discovered beneath Samen, consisting of 25 rooms.{{Cite web |date=2022-12-30 |title=Minister inaugurates ancient underground city as new destination |url=https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/480225/Minister-inaugurates-ancient-underground-city-as-new-destination |access-date=2023-04-20 |website=Tehran Times |language=en}} The city is believed to be around 2,300 years old, and since its discovery and excavation has been preserved in order to become a tourist attraction and for further study.
See also
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{{Hamadan Province|state=collapsed}}
{{Malayer County|state=collapsed}}
Category:Cities in Hamadan province
Category:Populated places in Malayer County
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