Astanjin
village in East Azerbaijan, Iran
Astanjin (Persian: استانجين) is a village in Kaghazkonan-e Markazi Rural District of Kaghazkonan District in Mianeh County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran.
Demographics
Language
The people of this village speak Azerbaijani.
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 421 in 106 households. The following census in 2011 counted 296 people in 93 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 255 people in 96 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.
Economy
The main occupation of the people of this village is animal husbandry and agriculture. Some Astanjini people work in the village in spring and summer and work in Tehran in autumn and winter. Most Astanjins living in Tehran live in Aliabad and Yakhchi Abad and cooperate in many cultural and social activities.
Astanjin village has extensive agricultural lands and gardens.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 13, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5934344. Authority coordinates are 37.252, 48.243. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2006, 2011 and 2016.
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This entry incorporates text from “Astanjin” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.