Sorkheh

For the administrative division of Semnan province, see Sorkheh County. For other places with the same name, see Sorkheh.

Sorkheh (Persian: سرخه)^[a], whose name is often interpreted as “The Red One,” is a city located in the Central District^[b] of Sorkheh County, within Semnan province, Iran. It functions as the administrative capital of the Sorkheh County,^[5] a status it assumed following the territorial reorganisation after the 2011 National Census, when Sorkheh District was elevated to county level and renamed as its Central District. ^[c] Previously the capital of Sorkheh District within Semnan County, the city ceded its district-level administrative role in 2016, when Lasjerd village became the capital of both the Central District and the Lasgerd Rural District..^[5]

Sorkheh Persian: سرخه Sorkhei: سور
City
The historical Ab Anbar of Sorkheh
Sorkheh
Coordinates: 35°27′52″N 53°12′31″E[1]
Country	Iran
Province	Semnan
County	Sorkheh
District	Central
Government
Elevation	1,100 m (3,600 ft)
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	9,951
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)
Area code	023
Language(s)	Sorkhei, Persian
Website	sorkhe.ostan-sm.ir

Demographics

Language

Sorkhei, a Semnani dialect and language, is still spoken by some of its inhabitants.^{[citation needed]}

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 9,062 in 2,686 households,^[6] when it was capital of Sorkheh District in Semnan County.^[7] The following census in 2011 counted 9,711 people in 3,045 households.^[8] The 2016 census measured the population of the city asf 9,951 people in 3,388 households,^[2] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Sorkheh County and renamed the Central District. Sorkheh became the county's capital.^[5]

Notable people

• Abbas Ali Akhtari, Shia Cleric & Politician
• Hassan Rouhani (born 1948), 7th President of Iran^[9]: 55
• Sahebeh Rouhani (born 1954), Iran's first lady (Hassan Rouhani's wife)
• Hossein Fereydoun (born 1957), Iranian politician.
• Ali Asqar Peyvandi (born 1962), Iranian physician and politician.
• Ruhollah Isari (born 1992), Futsal player.

See also

Iran portal

Notes

1. Also known as Surkheh^[3] and Sūr (Sorkhei: سور) (English: The Red One)^[4]
2. Formerly Sorkheh District of Semnan County^[5]
3. Renamed the Central District of Sorkheh County^[5]