Qaen Explained

Qaen
Native Name:	fa\|قاین
Native Name Lang:	fa
Settlement Type:	City
Image Alt:	The mountain city of Qain from above
Shield Alt:	ghayen
Nickname:	The mountain city of Qayen from above
Pushpin Map:	Iran
Coordinates Footnotes:	^[1]
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Iran
Subdivision Type1:	Province
Subdivision Name1:	South Khorasan
Subdivision Type2:	County
Subdivision Name2:	Qaen
Subdivision Type3:	District
Subdivision Name3:	Central
Unit Pref:	Metric
Population As Of:	2016
Population Total:	42323
Population Density Km2:	auto
Timezone:	IRST
Utc Offset:	+3:30

Qaen (fa|قائن) is a city in the Central District of Qaen County, South Khorasan province, Iran, and serves as capital of both the county and the district.^[2]

One of the first Paleolithic signs was discovered in a village called Khonik in the city of Qain. (qayen or Ghayen)^[3]

History

The Middle Persian work Shahrestaniha i Eranshahr mentions this city, and attributes its foundation to Sined Ninoh Kitop in 1588.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 32,474 in 8,492 households.^[4] The following census in 2011 counted 40,226 people in 10,473 households.^[5] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 42,323 people in 11,920 households.^[6]

Notable people

Esmaeil Khatib

Notes and References

((OpenStreetMap contributors)) . Qaen, Qaen County. . 11 November 2024. 11 November 2024. fa.
Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the divisions of Khorasan province, centered in Mashhad. fa. rc.majlis.ir. Islamic Parliament Research Center. https://web.archive.org/web/20151117024415/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/113047. Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Council. Habibi. Hassan. 17 November 2015. c. 2015. Approved 21 June 1369. Proposal 3223.1.5.53; Approval Letter 3808-907; Notification 84902/T125K. 6 January 2024.
Mirzaye . Azita . Sadraei . Ali . 2024-03-01 . First evidence of pleistocene hominin occupations in the Jovin-Joghatai plain, Northeast of the Iranian Plateau . L'Anthropologie . 128 . 1 . 103231 . 10.1016/j.anthro.2024.103231 . 0003-5521.
Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): South Khorasan Province. fa. The Statistical Center of Iran. amar.org.ir. 25 September 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20110920092820/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/29.xls. Excel. 20 September 2011.
Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): South Khorasan Province. fa. The Statistical Center of Iran. irandataportal.syr.edu. Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University. https://web.archive.org/web/20230120174134/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/South-Khorasan.xls. 20 January 2023. 19 December 2022. Excel.
Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): South Khorasan Province. fa. The Statistical Center of Iran. amar.org.ir. 19 December 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20201017050122/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_29.xlsx. Excel. 17 October 2020.