Setan

Setan ستن
village
Village view in June 2011
Setan
Coordinates: 38°59′19″N 46°44′21″E
Country	Iran
Province	East Azerbaijan
County	Khoda Afarin
Bakhsh	Minjavan
Rural District	Minjavan-e Gharbi
Population  (2006)
• Total	236
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+4:30 (IRDT)

Setan (Persian: ستن; also known as Sūtanī and Syutany)^[1] is a village in Minjavan-e Gharbi Rural District, Minjavan District, Khoda Afarin County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 236, in 58 families.^[2] This is a significant drop as compared to the population of the village in early 1960s, which was 340.^[3] Still, the decline is moderate as previously more prosperous villages of Arasbaran region, such as Abbasabad, experienced on average fourfold reduction in their population and some nearby villages were abandoned. In the wake of White Revolution (early 1960s) a clan of Mohammad Khanlu tribe, comprising 120 households used Setan and Masjedlu as their winter quarters.^[4]

References

1. Setan can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3086519" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
2. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 2011-09-20.
3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2014-01-19.
4. P. Oberling, “The Tribes of Qarāca Dāġ,” Oriens 17, 1964, p. 69