Darjazin (Persian: درجزين, also Romanized as Darjazīn; also known as Daragazin and Darzazin)[3] is a city in the Central District of Mehdishahr County, Semnan province, Iran, serving as the administrative center for Darjazin Rural District.[4]
Darjazin
Persian: درجزين | |
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City | |
Darjazin | |
Coordinates: 35°39′18″N 53°20′14″E / 35.65500°N 53.33722°E[1] | |
Country | Iran |
Province | Semnan |
County | Mehdishahr |
District | Central |
Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 5,997 |
Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
According to the 2006 census, its population was 4,370 in 1,108 households, when it was a village in Chashm Rural District of the former Mehdishahr District of Semnan County).[5] The following census in 2011 counted 4,964 people in 1,359 households,[6] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Mehdishahr County,[4] and the village of Darjazin had been elevated to the status of a city. The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 5,997 people in 1,777 households.[2]