Sarteshniz

{{Short description|Village in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, Iran}}

{{Infobox settlement | official_name = Sarteshniz | native_name = {{langx|fa|سرتشنيز}} | settlement_type = Village | pushpin_map = Iran | mapsize = |image_skyline = Gorz-e-Rostam.jpg |image_caption = Gorz-e-Rostam in June 2015 | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[Iran]] | subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Iran|Province]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province|Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Counties of Iran|County]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Kiar County|Kiar]] | subdivision_type3 = [[Bakhsh (administrative division)|District]] | subdivision_name3 = [[Kiar-e Sharqi District|Kiar-e Sharqi]] | subdivision_type4 = [[Rural Districts of Iran|Rural District]] | subdivision_name4 = [[Kiar-e Bala Rural District|Kiar-e Bala]] | leader_title = | leader_name = | established_title = | established_date = | area_total_km2 = | area_footnotes = |population_as_of = 2016 | population_footnotes = <ref name="2016 Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province"/> |population_total = 2919 | population_density_km2 = auto | timezone = [[Iran Standard Time|IRST]] | utc_offset = +3:30 |coordinates = {{coord|32|06|35|N|50|53|06|E|dim:1km|display=inline,title}} |coordinates_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite map|author=((OpenStreetMap contributors))|url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=32.109722&mlon=50.885&zoom=15#map=15/32.10972/50.88500|website=[[OpenStreetMap]]|title=سرتشنیز, دهستان کیارشرقی, بخش مرکزی [Sarteshniz, Kiar-e Sharqi Rural District, Central District], Kiar County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiyari Province, Iran|date=30 August 2024|access-date=30 August 2024|lang=fa}}</ref> | elevation_m = 2019 | area_code = | website = | footnotes = }}

'''Sarteshniz''' ({{langx|fa|سرتشنيز}}){{efn|Also [[romanize]]d as '''Sar-e Teshnīz''' and '''Sarteshnīz'''; also known as '''Sar-i-Tīshnīz'''<ref>{{GEOnet3|-3083073|Sarteshniz}}</ref>}} is a village in, and the capital of, [[Kiar-e Bala Rural District]] in [[Kiar-e Sharqi District]] of [[Kiar County]], [[Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province|Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari]] province, [[Iran]].<ref name="Miscellaneous Iran Changes 2">{{cite web |first=Mohammad |last=Mokhber |author-link=Mohammad Mokhber |orig-date={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|شماره ۹۰۵۰۷/ت ۵۸۵۴۹ هـ ـ ۱۴۰۲/۵/۲۵}} (No. 90507/T 58549 AH - 1402/5/25) (Iranian Jalali calendar) |date=16 August 2023  |script-title=fa:تصویب‌نامه در خصوص تقسیمات کشوری در استان‌های اردبیل، چهارمحال و بختیاری، خوزستان، سیستان و بلوچستان، مرکزی و همدان |trans-title=‌Resolution on the national divisions in the provinces of Ardabil, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Khuzestan, Sistan and Baluchestan, Markazi and Hamadan |url=https://sdil.ac.ir/%D9%85%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%87%DB%8C%D8%A3%D8%AA-%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AA-%D8%AF%D9%87%D9%87-%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85-%D8%A2%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86-%DB%B1%DB%B4%DB%B0%DB%B2/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240530195607/https://sdil.ac.ir/%D9%85%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%87%DB%8C%D8%A3%D8%AA-%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AA-%D8%AF%D9%87%D9%87-%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85-%D8%A2%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86-%DB%B1%DB%B4%DB%B0%DB%B2/ |archive-date=30 May 2024 |access-date=31 August 2025 |website={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|پژوهشکده حقوقی شهر دانش}} [Shahr Danesh Law Research Institute] |publisher={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|‌وزارت کشور}} [Ministry of the Interior] |agency={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|هیات وزیران}} [Council of Ministers] |language=fa |id={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|شماره ۹۰۵۰۷/ت ۵۸۵۴۹ هـ ـ }} [No. 90507/T 58549 AH]. |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Demographics== ===Ethnicity=== The village is populated by [[Persians]] who speak the Shirazi dialect.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Language distribution: Chahar Mahal va Bakhtiari Province |url=http://iranatlas.net/index.html?module=module.language-distribution.chahar_mahal_va_bakhtiari# |access-date=25 March 2021 |website=Iran Atlas}}</ref>

===Population=== At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 2,959 in 634 households, when it was in [[Kiar-e Sharqi Rural District]]{{efn|Formerly [[Kiar-e Sharqi Rural District|Dastgerd Rural District]]<ref name="Lordegan, Ardal, Shahrekord, Farsan"> {{cite web |first=Hassan |last=Habibi |author-link=Hassan Habibi |orig-date={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|تاریخ تصویب}} (Approval date) 1369/02/26 (Iranian Jalali calendar) |date=26 April 1990  |script-title=fa:تصویب اصلاحاتی در دهستانهای استان چهار محال و بختیاری |trans-title=‌Approval of reforms in rural districts of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province |url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/112809 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250826234013/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/112809 |archive-date=26 August 2025 |access-date=26 August 2025 |website={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|لام تا کام}} [Lam ta Kam] |publisher={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|‌وزارت کشور}} [Ministry of the Interior] |agency={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت}} [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board] |language=fa |id={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|شناسه}} [ID] E80123B8-C979-4E5D-9C98-3FB8DCCB1166. {{lang|fa|rtl=yes|شماره دوره}} [Course number] 69.}}</ref>}} of the former [[Kiar District]] in [[Shahrekord County]].<ref name="2006 Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province"> {{cite web |script-title=fa:سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان چهارمحال و بختیاری |trans-title=General Population and Housing Census 2006: Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province |language=fa |website={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|مرکز آمار ایران}} [Statistical Centre of Iran] |url=http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/14.xls |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920094403/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/14.xls |archive-date=20 September 2011 |format=Excel |access-date=25 September 2022}}</ref> The following census in 2011 counted 3,055 people in 823 households,<ref name="2011 Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province"> {{cite web |script-title=fa:سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان چهارمحال و بختیاری |trans-title=General Population and Housing Census 2011: Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province |language=fa |website=Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University |url=https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Chahar-Mahal-and-Bakhtiari.xls |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116012310/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Chahar-Mahal-and-Bakhtiari.xls |archive-date=16 January 2023 |agency={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|مرکز آمار ایران}} [Statistical Centre of Iran] |format=Excel |access-date=19 December 2022}}</ref> by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of [[Kiar County]]. The rural district was transferred to the new [[Central District (Kiar County)|Central District]].<ref name="Kiar County Establishment"> {{cite web |first=Parviz |last=Davoodi |author-link=Parviz Davoodi |orig-date={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|تاریخ تصویب}} (Approval date) 1386/07/29 (Iranian Jalali calendar) |date=21 October 2007  |script-title=fa:تصویبنامه وزرای عضو کمیسیون سیاسی- دفاعی هیئت دولت در خصوص برخی تغییرات و تقسیمات کشوری در استان چهار محال و بختیاری |trans-title=‌Approval of the Ministers of the Political Defense Commission of the Government Board regarding some changes and national divisions in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province |url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/132618 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250826193151/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/132618 |archive-date=26 August 2025 |access-date=26 August 2025 |website={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|لام تا کام}} [Lam ta Kam] |publisher={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|‌وزارت کشور}} [Ministry of the Interior] |agency={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت}} [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board] |language=fa |id={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|شناسه}} [ID] 2773B618-ABF2-4EA2-A9B9-33054C181C06.}}</ref> The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 2,919 people in 856 households.<ref name="2016 Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province"> {{cite web |script-title=fa:سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان چهارمحال و بختیاری |trans-title=General Population and Housing Census 2016: Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province |language=fa |website={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|مرکز آمار ایران}} [Statistical Centre of Iran] |url=https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_14.xlsx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524080828/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_14.xlsx |archive-date=24 May 2019 |format=Excel |access-date=19 December 2022}}</ref>

In 2023, the rural district was separated from the district in the formation of [[Kiar-e Sharqi District]]. Sarteshniz was transferred to [[Kiar-e Bala Rural District]] created in the new district.<ref name="Miscellaneous Iran Changes 2"/>

== Tourist attractions == Gorz-e-Rostam (Tana) Cave (گرز رستم) is a geological phenomenon located to the north of Sarteshniz.{{cn|date=August 2024}}

== Industry == The village's sole industrial complex is the Kiar Flour Production Company south of the village. The factory is responsible for providing the eastern region of the province with numerous types of flour.{{cn|date=August 2024}}

==See also== {{Portal-inline|Iran}} {{clear}}

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[[Category:Populated places in Kiar County]]