Harsin (Kurdish: هەرسین, romanized: Hersîn, Persian: هرسين, romanized: Harsīn) is a city in the Central District of Harsin County, Kermanshah province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[3] Harsin was founded in 550 BC.[citation needed]

Demographics

Language and ethnicity

The city is populated by different Kurdish tribes including the Osmanvand and the Jalalvand who speak Laki Kurdish.[4]

The Kurds of Harsin have their own subdialect of Laki known either "Harsini" or "Kermanshahi Laki", a vernacular between Xwarini and Laki Proper.[5]

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 51,562 in 12,001 households.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 49,967 people in 13,700 households.[7] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 44,146 people in 12,814 households.[2]

References

  1. ↑ OpenStreetMap contributors (11 December 2024). "Harsin, Harsin County" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  2. 1 2 Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Kermanshah Province. amar.org.ir (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. ↑ Habibi, Hassan (c. 2024) [Approved 22 July 1374]. Divisional reforms in Kermanshah province. lamtakam.com (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Political and Defense Commission of the Government Board. Proposal 1.42.7141; Resolution 93808T/907; Notification 9115/T15630K. Archived from the original on 30 January 2024. Retrieved 30 January 2024 – via Lam ta Kam.
  4. ↑ Fattah, Ismaïl Kamandâr (2000). Les dialectes kurdes méridionaux. Acta Iranica 37. p. 22.
  5. ↑ Belelli, Sara (2022). The Laki Variety of Harsin: Grammar, Texts, Lexicon. Bamberg Studies in Kurdish Linguistics (2nd ed.). Bamberg, Bavaria: University of Bamberg Press. p. 31.
  6. ↑ Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Kermanshah Province. amar.org.ir (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  7. ↑ Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Kermanshah Province. irandataportal.syr.edu (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 18 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022 – via Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harsin