Vardanjan, Iran
{{Short description|City in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, Iran}}
{{for multi|the administrative division|Vardanjan Rural District|the village in Farsan County|Vardanjan, Farsan{{!}}Vardanjan|other places with the same name|Vardanjan (disambiguation){{!}}Vardanjan}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Vardanjan
|native_name = {{langx|fa|وردنجان}}
|settlement_type = City
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|image_caption = City of Vardanjan, Iran
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = Iran
|subdivision_type1 = Province
|subdivision_name1 = Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Ben
|subdivision_type3 = District
|subdivision_name3 = Central
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|established_title =Established as a city
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|population_as_of = 2016
|population_total = 4456
|population_density_km2 = auto
|timezone = IRST
|utc_offset = +3:30
|coordinates = {{coord|32|28|31|N|50|46|05|E|dim:1km|display=inline,title}}
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Vardanjan ({{langx|fa|وردنجان}}){{efn|Also romanized as Vardanjān; also known as Vardangūn, Vardaniān, and Wardangun{{GEOnet3|-3088157|Vardanjan}}}} is a city in the Central District of Ben County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, Iran. It was the capital of Ben Rural District{{cite report|title=Creation and formation of eight rural districts including villages, farms and places in Shahrekord County under Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Research Center of the Islamic Republic of Iran|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110054|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121128033617/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110054|archive-date=28 November 2012|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Board of Ministers|last=Moussavi|first=Mirhossein|date=9 August 1391|id=Notification 115404T817|orig-date=Approved 2 February 1366|access-date=3 April 2024}}{{efn|Renamed Vardanjan Rural District{{cite report|title=Approval of reforms in the villages of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Islamic Parliament Research Center|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/112809|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921131517/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/112809|archive-date=21 September 2016|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|date=30 September 2015|orig-date=Approved 26 February 1369|id=Notification 40162/T39K|access-date=3 April 2024}}}} until its capital was transferred to the village of Bardeh.{{cite report|title=Letter of approval regarding national divisions in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Research Center of the System of Laws of the Islamic Council of Farabi Mobile Library|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/826689|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130110181426/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/826689|archive-date=10 January 2013|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|last=Rahimi|first=Mohammad Reza|date=21 October 1391|orig-date=Approved 29 September 1391|id=Notification 200671/T47661H|access-date=6 November 2023}}
Demographics
=Ethnicity=
The city is populated by Persians.{{Cite web|title=Language distribution: Chahar Mahal va Bakhtiari Province|url=http://iranatlas.net/index.html?module=module.language-distribution.chahar_mahal_va_bakhtiari#|access-date=25 March 2021|website=Iran Atlas}}{{Cite web|last=Anonby|first=Erik|title=Atlas of the Languages of Iran: A working classification|url=http://iranatlas.net/index.html?module=module.classification|access-date=27 March 2021|website=Iran Atlas}}
=Population=
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 4,262 in 1,023 households, when it was a village in Vardanjan Rural District{{efn|Formerly Ben Rural District}} of the former Ben District in Shahrekord County.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 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/14.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920094403/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/14.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}} The following census in 2011 counted 4,324 people in 1,179 households,{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 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/Chahar-Mahal-and-Bakhtiari.xls |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116012310/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Chahar-Mahal-and-Bakhtiari.xls |archive-date=16 January 2023| access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}} by which time the village had been elevated to the status of a city.{{cite news|title=Four new cities in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province were added to the national division map; with some changes in the geography of the country|language=fa|website=dolat.ir|via=Secretariat of the Government Information Council|url=https://dolat.ir/detail/199779|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170228075432/https://dolat.ir/detail/199779|archive-date=28 February 2017|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political and Defense Commission|last=Rahimi|first=Mohmmad Reza|access-date=2 December 2023|date=14 March 2011}} The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 4,456 people in 1,329 households,{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 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_14.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524080828/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_14.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=24 May 2019}} when the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Ben County. Vardanjan and the rural district were transferred to the new Central District.
See also
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Category:Cities in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province
Category:Populated places in Ben County
Category:2011 establishments in Iran
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