Soharin
Persian: سهرين | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 36°51′50″N 48°24′49″E / 36.86389°N 48.41361°E[1] | |
Country | Iran |
Province | Zanjan |
County | Zanjan |
District | Qareh Poshtelu |
Rural District | Soharin |
Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 2,424 |
Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
Soharin (Persian: سهرين), also Romanized as Soharīn and Sohrīn; also known as Mehrīn, Zokhrun, Z̄ūkarā’īn, and Zukrāīn,[3] is a village in, and the capital of, Soharin Rural District of Qareh Poshtelu District of Zanjan County, Zanjan province, Iran.[4]
At the 2006 National Census, its population was 2,309 in 602 households, when it was in Qareh Poshtelu-e Bala Rural District.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 2,390 people in 715 households.[6] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 2,424 people in 771 households, by which time it was in the newly established Soharin Rural District[4] and was its most populous village.[2]