Sorkheh

{{Short description|City in Semnan province, Iran}}

{{for multi|the administrative division of Semnan province|Sorkheh County|other places with the same name|Sorkheh (disambiguation){{!}}Sorkheh}}

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

{{Infobox settlement

|official_name =Sorkheh

|native_name = {{langx|fa|سرخه}}
Sorkhei: {{lang|sqo|سور}}

|settlement_type = City

|image_skyline = File:مزومبل سرخه.jpg

|imagesize =

|image_caption = The historical Ab Anbar of Sorkheh

|pushpin_map =Iran

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|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = Iran

|subdivision_type1 =Province

|subdivision_name1 =Semnan

|subdivision_type2 =County

|subdivision_name2 =Sorkheh

|subdivision_type3 =District

|subdivision_name3 =Central

|leader_title =

|leader_name = Foadiyan

|established_title =

|established_date =

|area_total_km2 =

|area_footnotes =

|population_as_of = 2016

|population_footnotes =

|population_total =9951

|population_density_km2 =auto

| blank_name_sec1 = Language(s)

| blank_info_sec1 = Sorkhei, Persian

|timezone = IRST

|utc_offset = +3:30

|coordinates = {{coord|35|27|52|N|53|12|31|E|dim:1km|display=inline,title}}

|coordinates_footnotes = {{Cite map |author=((OpenStreetMap contributors)) |url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=35.464444&mlon=53.208611&zoom=15#map=15/35.46444/53.20861|website=OpenStreetMap |title=Sorkheh, Sorkheh County|date=7 January 2025|access-date=7 January 2025|lang=fa}}

|elevation_m = 1100

|area_code = 023

|website = {{URL|http://sorkhe.ostan-sm.ir}}

|footnotes =

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Sorkheh ({{langx|fa|سرخه}}){{efn|Also known as Surkheh{{GEOnet3|-3086232}} and Sūr ({{langx|sqo|سور}}) (English: The Red One)[https://www.academia.edu/8078515/Sorkheh Borjian, Habib, “Sorḵa”, Encyclopaedia Iranica Online, 2013]}} is a city in the Central District{{efn|Formerly Sorkheh District of Semnan County}} of Sorkheh County, Semnan province, Iran, serving as capital of the county.{{cite report|title=Letter of approval regarding Momenabad Rural District of Semnan province; and letter of approval regarding national divisions in Semnan County, Semnan province|language=fa|website=qavanin.ir|via=Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran|url=https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/292228|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425135530/https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/292228|last=Jahangiri|first=Ishaq|archive-date=25 April 2023|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|date=c. 2023|orig-date=Approved 27 April 1400|id=Proposal 153538; Replaces 219942/T48486H|access-date=22 November 2023}} It was the capital of Sorkheh District{{cite report|title=Creation and establishment of Sorkheh District in the citizenship of Semnan County|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/117398|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240809154801/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/117398|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Board|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|archive-date=9 August 2024|date=c. 2024|orig-date=Approved 26 June 1375|id=Proposal 1.4.42.2615; Letter 93808-907|access-date=9 August 2024}}{{efn|name=fn1|Renamed the Central District of Sorkheh County}} of Semnan County until its capital was transferred to the village of Lasjerd.