{{Short description|City in Ilam province, Iran}}

{{for multi|the administrative divisions|Zarneh District|and|Zarneh Rural District|other places with the same name|Zarneh (disambiguation){{!}}Zarneh}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}

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'''Zarneh''' ({{langx|fa|زرنه}}){{efn|Also known as '''Kanī Razneh''', '''Kāni Zarnah''', and '''Zarrīneh'''<ref>{{GEOnet3|-3089169}}</ref>}} is a city in, and the capital of, Zarneh District of Eyvan County, Ilam province, Iran.<ref name="Eyvan County Establishment">{{cite report|title=Divisional reforms in Ilam province|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/115594|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240208174503/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/115594|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political and Defense Commission of the Government Council|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|archive-date=8 February 2024|date=c. 2024|orig-date=Approved 7 September 1374|id=Proposal 1.42.7141; Letter 93808/T907; Notification 9124/15630K|access-date=8 February 2024}}</ref> As a village, it was the capital of Zarneh Rural District<ref name="Ilam County Rural Districts">{{cite report|title=Creation and formation of five rural districts including villages, farms and places in Ilam County under Ilam province|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/110222|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240208163703/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/110222|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|last=Mousavi|first=Mirhossein|archive-date=8 February 2024|date=c. 2024|orig-date=Approved 4 October 1366|id=Proposal 11743.1.5.53|access-date=8 February 2024}}</ref> until its capital was transferred to the village of Taran.<ref name="Eyvan County Establishment"/>

==Demographics== ===Ethnicity=== The city is populated by Kurds.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Language distribution: Ilam Province |url=http://iranatlas.net/index.html?module=module.language-distribution.ilam#eyJ0IjoieCIsImkiOiI5MTIyOTFmNDM3Yjg4NzkxNThkOTQ2ZTNhNjU0NTkwZiIsInMiOjE2ODYwNzE0MDc1NzV9 |access-date=24 March 2021 |website=Iran Atlas}}</ref>

===Population=== At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 2,909 in 605 households.<ref name="2006 Ilam Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Ilam Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/16.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920094337/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/16.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}}</ref> The following census in 2011 counted 3,118 people in 748 households.<ref name="2011 Ilam Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Ilam Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=irandataportal.syr.edu|via=Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University|url=https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Ilam.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117202401/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Ilam.xls|archive-date=17 January 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}}</ref> The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 2,966 people in 785 households.<ref name="2016 Ilam Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Ilam Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_16.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101180736/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_16.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=1 November 2020}}</ref>

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

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{{Ilam Province|state=collapsed}}

{{Eyvan County|state=collapsed}}

Category:Cities in Ilam province

Category:Populated places in Eyvan County

Category:Kurdish settlements in Ilam province

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