Samen
Persian: سامن
City
Underground City of Samen
Underground City of Samen
Samen is located in Iran
Samen
Samen
Location within Iran
Coordinates: 34°12′35″N 48°42′13″E / 34.20972°N 48.70361°E / 34.20972; 48.70361
CountryIran
ProvinceHamadan
CountyMalayer
DistrictSamen
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total
3,873
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Samen (Persian: سامن)[a] is a city in, and the capital of, Samen District in Malayer County, Hamadan province, Iran.[3]

Demographics

Language

The local language in Samen is Luri.[4]

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 4,025 in 1,207 households.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 4,426 people in 1,269 households.[6] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 3,873 people in 1,268 households.[1]

Archaeology

A subterranean city was discovered beneath Samen, consisting of 25 rooms.[7] 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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Notes

  1. ↑ Also romanized as Sāman and Sāmen[2]

References

  1. 1 2 سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان همدان [General Population and Housing Census 2016: Hamadan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2026.
  2. ↑ Samen at GEOnet Names Server
  3. ↑ Habibi, Hassan (12 September 1990) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1369/06/21 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصویب سازمان و سلسله تابعیت عناصر و واحدهای تقسیمات کشوری استان همدان به مرکزیت شهر همدان [‌Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of Hamadan province, centered in Hamadan city]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board]. شناسه [ID] 0B4BF172-2464-430F-82EF-9426BDC5D272. شماره دوره [Course number] 69, شماره جلد [Volume number] 3. Archived from the original on 11 February 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2026.
  4. ↑ "سامن". Vajehyab (in Persian). Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  5. ↑ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان همدان [General Population and Housing Census 2006: Hamadan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2026.
  6. ↑ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان همدان [General Population and Housing Census 2011: Hamadan Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 17 January 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2026.
  7. ↑ "Minister inaugurates ancient underground city as new destination". Tehran Times. 30 December 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2023.