Sohrevard
City in Zanjan province, Iran / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sohrevard (Persian: سهرورد), also Romanized as Sohravard,[3] is a city in the Central District of Khodabandeh County, Zanjan province, Iran, serving as the administrative center for Sohrevard Rural District.[4]
Sohrevard
Persian: سهرورد | |
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City | |
Coordinates: 36°04′22″N 48°26′22″E[1] | |
Country | Iran |
Province | Zanjan |
County | Khodabandeh |
District | Central |
Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 6,991 |
Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
At the 2006 census, its population was 5,786 in 1,356 households, when it was a village in Sohrevard Rural District.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 6,104 people in 1,665 households,[6] by which time the village had been elevated to the status of a city.[7] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 6,991 people in 1,961 households.[2]
Sohrevard was the birthplace of the 12th-century Iranian philosopher, Shahab al-Din Suhrawardi,[8] the Persian Sufi Abu al-Najib Suhrawardi and his nephew Shahab al-Din Abu Hafs Umar Suhrawardi (a direct descendant of Islamic Khalifa Abū Bakr as-Ṣiddīq).