Varzaneh

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Varzaneh ({{langx|fa|ورزنه}}){{GEOnet3|-3088230}} is a city in the Central District{{efn|Formerly Bon Rud District of Isfahan County}} of Varzaneh County, Isfahan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county{{cite news|title=Approval letter regarding national divisions in Isfahan County, Isfahan province|language=fa|website=dotic.ir|via=Laws and Regulations Portal of Iran|url=https://dotic.ir/news/9845|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130005251/https://dotic.ir/news/9845|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|last=Jahangiri|first=Ishaq|archive-date=30 November 2021|orig-date=Approved 27 April 1400|date=9 December 1400|id=Proposal 207952; Letter 46503|access-date=13 June 2023}} and the district.{{cite report|title=Permission to establish and create several districts in Isfahan province|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/114827|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240205180644/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/114827|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Council|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|archive-date=5 February 2024|date=c. 2024|orig-date=Approved 20 May 1372|id=Proposal 1.4.42.4859; Letter 93808-907; Notification 7364/T75K|access-date=5 February 2024}}

Demographics

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At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 11,506 in 2,981 households, when it was in Bon Rud District{{efn|Renamed the Central District of Varzaneh County}} of Isfahan County.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Isfahan 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/10.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920083455/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/10.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}} The following census in 2011 counted 11,924 people in 3,443 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Isfahan 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/Esfahan.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117221845/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Esfahan.xls|archive-date=17 January 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}} The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 12,714 people in 3,900 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Isfahan 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_10.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019041954/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_10.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=19 October 2020}}

In 2021, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Varzaneh County and renamed the Central District, with Varzaneh as the new county's capital.

Geography

Varzaneh is 105 km southeast of Isfahan and 240 km from Yazd. The area of this city is more than 2,300 square kilometers and it lies at an altitude of 1,477 meters above sea level. Its climate is desert and completely dry, so that in July, its temperature reaches 40 degrees Celsius. Temperatures sometimes drop below zero after midnight in January and February.{{Cite web |title=Varzaneh Desert {{!}} Whitest City in Iran {{!}} Isfahan Attraction {{!}} Apochi.com |url=https://apochi.com/attractions/isfahan/varzaneh-desert/ |access-date=2023-04-28 |website=Apochi |language=en-US}}

Gallery

Image:Photographying_in_Varzaneh_desert,_Varzaneh,_Isfahan.JPG|Varzaneh desert east of Isfahan

Image:Salt Lake, in Khara near Varzaneh Isfahan.JPG|Salt lake near Varzaneh, Isfahan province

Wetland City

In 2022, the city of Varzaneh was selected as the first wetland city in Iran at the 14th Ramsar Convention. This event occurred after several years of studying the city and the dimensions of environmental protection carried out by various groups and the municipality. In Geneva, Switzerland, the then mayor, Dr. Hamed Akhgar, received this certificate. After this, and of course before that, the issue of the Gavkhuni International Wetland, which is the most important wetland in the central plateau of Iran, has been considered as a fundamental strategy for wetland protection.

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References

Category:Cities in Isfahan province

Category:Populated places in Varzaneh County