Nik Pey

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Nik Pey
Persian: نيک پي
City
The area around the caravanserai of Nik Pey
The area around the caravanserai of Nik Pey
Nik Pey is located in Iran
Nik Pey
Nik Pey
Coordinates: 36°51′01″N 48°10′44″E / 36.85028°N 48.17889°E / 36.85028; 48.17889[1]
CountryIran
ProvinceZanjan
CountyZanjan
DistrictZanjanrud
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total455
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Nik Pey (Persian: نيک پي), also Romanized as Nīk Pey,[3] is a city in, and the capital of, Zanjanrud District of Zanjan County, Zanjan province, Iran.[4] It also serves as the administrative center for Zanjanrud-e Pain Rural District.[5]

At the 2006 census, its population was 427 in 119 households, when it was a village in Zanjanrud-e Pain Rural District.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 474 people in 122 households.[7] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 455 people in 115 households,[2] by which time the village had been elevated to the status of a city.[8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (27 February 2023). "Nik Pey, Zanjan County" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 19. Archived from the original (Excel) on 27 April 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. ^ Nik Pey can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3076996" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  4. ^ Habibi, Hassan (7 July 1369). "Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of elements and units of country divisions of Zanjan province, centered in Zanjan city". Lamtakam (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Council of Ministers. Archived from the original on 16 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  5. ^ Mousavi, Mirhossein (2 February 1366). "Creation and formation of 22 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Zanjan County, the capital of Zanjan province". Islamic Parliament Research Center of the Islamic Republic of Iran (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Board of Ministers. Archived from the original on 5 June 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 19. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  7. ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)". Syracuse University (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 19. Archived from the original (Excel) on 21 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  8. ^ Rahimi, Mohammadreza (14 April 2013). "Approval letter regarding the conversion of Nik Pey village, the center of Zanjanrud District, from the functions of Zanjan County in Zanjan province, to a city". Lamtakam (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Council of Ministers. Archived from the original on 16 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.


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