Famenin (Persian: فامنين)[a] is a city in the Central District of Famenin County, Hamadan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.
[4] It is also the administrative center for Khorram Dasht Rural District.
[5] Famenin is a predominately Azeri Turkic-speaking city at around 80%, the rest being standard Persian.
[6] At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 14,019 in 3,634 households,[7] when it was capital of the former Famenin District of Hamadan County.
[4] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 14,208 people in 4,498 households.