Setan
Coordinates: 38°59′19″N 46°44′21″E / 38.98861°N 46.73917°E[1]
Setan (ستن; also known as Sūtanī and Syutany)[2] is a village in Minjavan-e Gharbi Rural District, Minjavan District, Khoda Afarin County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. Inhabitants pronounce the village`s name as Sütæn. Apparently, the false pronunciation of Setæn, which was first recorded in volume 4 of Iran Geographical Dictionary, was introduced by the Royal Army of Iran to provide a Persian root for the name!
At the 2006 census, its population was 236, in 58 families.[3] This is a significant drop as compared to the population of the village in early 1960s, which was 340.[4] 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, comrising 60 households, used Setan as their winter quarters.[5] The affiliation, however, could not be ethnic as people of Setan are followers of Yarsan religion. A prominent spiritual figure of the religion, Zal Soltannavazi, lived in Setan. One of his sons Abdol Soltannavazi is a relatively well known poet.
References
- ↑ : کمیته تخصصی نام نگاری و یکسان سازی نام های جغرافیایی ایران :
- ↑ 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".
- ↑ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Islamic Republic of Iran. Archived from the original on 2011-11-11.
- ↑ http://www.loghatnaameh.org/dehkhodaworddetail-cf2c2f56c6ef4a44a9b7533bf8b0d11e-fa.html
- ↑ P. Oberling, “The Tribes of Qarāca Dāġ,” Oriens 17, 1964, p. 69
