Abshineh

For the village in Isfahan province, see Ashineh.

Abshineh (Persian: ابشينه)^[a] is a village in, and the capital of, Sangestan Rural District of the Central District of Hamadan County, Hamadan province, Iran.^[4]

Abshineh Persian: ابشينه
Village
Abshineh
Coordinates: 34°46′49″N 48°36′48″E[1]
Country	Iran
Province	Hamadan
County	Hamadan
District	Central
Rural District	Sangestan
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	1,429
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Etymology

The name Ābshīneh is derived from Western Middle Iranian *āp-šēnag, which ultimately comes from Proto-Iranian *āp- + *xšaina- + *-ka-. The first element means "water", and the second means "shiny". Thus, the name Ābshīneh originally meant "a place where the water shines".^[5]

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 1,356 in 372 households.^[6] The following census in 2011 counted 1,425 people in 417 households.^[7] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 1,429 people in 427 households.^[2]

See also

Iran portal

Notes

1. Also romanized as Ābshīneh^[3]