Saman, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari

Saman is a city in the Central District of Saman County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.

Demographics

Ethnicity

The city is populated by Turkic people with a Persian minority.

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 14,777 in 3,961 households, when it was capital of the former Saman District in Shahrekord County. The following census in 2011 counted 15,327 people in 4,558 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 14,192 people in 4,554 households, by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Saman County. Saman was transferred to the new Central District as the county's capital.