Sheverin

Sheverin شورين
village
Sheverin
Coordinates: 34°48′27″N 48°34′13″E / 34.80750°N 48.57028°ECoordinates: 34°48′27″N 48°34′13″E / 34.80750°N 48.57028°E
Country	Iran
Province	Hamadan
County	Hamadan
Bakhsh	Central
Rural District	Sangestan
Population (2006)
• Total	3,870
Time zone	IRST (UTC+3:30)
• Summer (DST)	IRDT (UTC+4:30)

Sheverin (Persian: شورين‎‎, also Romanized as Sheverīn, Shavarīn, Shawarīn, Shevarīn, and Shūrīn)^[1] is a village in Sangestan Rural District, in the Central District of Hamadan County, Hamadan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 3,870, in 1,034 families.^[2] In 1906 Abraham Valentine Williams Jackson discribed Sheverin as Armeian village where were fine gardens^[3]

Notable natives

• Hovhannes Badalyan (1924-2001), Armenian singer and professor

References

1. Sheverin can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3084784" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
2. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". Islamic Republic of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 2011-11-11.
3. Abraham Valentine Williams Jackson / "Persia Past and Present: A Book of Travel and Research, with More Than Two Hundred Illustrations and a Map" / Macmillan Company, 1906 - p.174(471)