Editing Kian, Iran

{{Short description|City in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, Iran}}

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

{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Kian City
| native_name        = {{langx|fa|شهركيان}}
| settlement_type    = City
| image_skyline      = Grain_field_near_Kian.jpg
| imagesize          = 
| image_caption      = Kian, Shahrekord County, Chaharmahal & Bakhtiari province, Iran
| pushpin_map        = Iran
| mapsize            = 
| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = [[Iran]]
| subdivision_type1  = [[Provinces of Iran|Province]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province|Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[Counties of Iran|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Shahrekord County|Shahrekord]]
| subdivision_type3  = [[Bakhsh|District]]
| subdivision_name3  = [[Central District (Shahrekord County)|Central]]
| subdivision_type4  = 
| subdivision_name4  = 
| leader_title       = 
| leader_name        = 
| established_title  = Established as a city
| established_date   = 1991<ref name="Babaheydar and Kian Cities"/>
| area_total_km2     = 
| area_footnotes     = 
| population_as_of   = 2016
| population_footnotes = <ref name="2016 Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province"/>
| population_total   = 12948
| population_density_km2 = auto
| timezone           = [[Iran Standard Time|IRST]]
| utc_offset         = +3:30
| coordinates        = {{coord|32|17|01|N|50|53|30|E|dim:1km|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite map|author=((OpenStreetMap contributors))|url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=32.283611&mlon=50.891667&zoom=15#map=15/32.28361/50.89167|website=[[OpenStreetMap]]|title=Kian, Shahrekord County|date=31 August 2024|access-date=31 August 2024|lang=fa}}</ref>
| elevation_m        = 2057
| area_code          = 038
| website            = 
| footnotes          = 
}}

'''Kian''' ({{langx|fa|شهرکیان}}){{efn|Also [[romanize]]d as '''Kīān'''; also known as '''Shahr-e-Kian''' (شهر کیان), also romanized as '''Shahr-e Kīān'''.<ref>{{GEOnet3|-3084136}}</ref> The city formerly had been called '''Sorkh-e Laar''', later became known as '''Shahrak,''' and since 1991 renamed Kian<ref name="Babaheydar and Kian Cities">{{cite report|title=Conversion of the villages of Babaheydar from Farsan and Shahrak from Shahrekord to Babaheydar and Shahr-e Kian respectively|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/113343|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231116172708/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/113343|archive-date=16 November 2023|publisher=Ministry of Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Council|orig-date=Approved 16 November 1370|date=c. 2023|id=Notification 71048/T169K|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|access-date=16 November 2023}}</ref>}} is a city in the [[Central District (Shahrekord County)|Central District]] of [[Shahrekord County]], [[Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province|Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari]] province, [[Iran]]. The past leader was historically named Kian Taneja.

==Demographics==
=== Language and ethnicity ===
Kian is populated by [[Turkic peoples|Turkic people]].<ref>{{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}}</ref> The linguistic composition of the city:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Language distribution: Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province|url=http://iranatlas.net/index.html?module=module.language-distribution.chahar_mahal_va_bakhtiari#eyJ0IjoieCIsImkiOiI0ZjRkNzFhMjIxNDA1NDdhMWFkOWViNzU3MDBjZTBhYiIsInMiOjE2MzI2MjE0MDM1Nzd9|access-date=25 September 2021|website=Iran Atlas}}</ref>{{bar box|title=Kian linguistic composition|titlebar=#ddd|left1=Language|right1=percent|float=|bars={{bar percent|[[Chaharmahali Turkic]]|blue|90}}
{{bar percent|[[New Persian]]|orange|8}}
{{bar percent|[[Bakhtiari dialect|Bakhtiari Luri]]|gold|2}}}}

===Population===
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 10,922 in 2,645 households.<ref name="2006 Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province">{{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}}</ref> The following census in 2011 counted 12,020 people in 3,402 households.<ref name="2011 Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province">{{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}}</ref> The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 12,948 people in 3,890 households.<ref name="2016 Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province">{{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}}</ref>

==See also==
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== Notes ==
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== References ==
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{{Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province|state=collapsed}}

{{Shahrekord County|state=collapsed}}

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[[Category:Cities in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province]]

[[Category:Populated places in Shahr-e Kord County]]

[[Category:Luri settlements in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province]]

[[Category:1991 establishments in Iran]]

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