The name of Khomein was primarily mentioned in a book named The History of Prophets and Kings. Subterranean canals (
qanats), sewers and its famous fire-temple can be named as some pre-Islamic relics. This town was called the center of Kamareh 200 years ago.[citation needed]
Khomeini house
A family house in Khomeyn was the birthplace of former supreme leader Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the
Islamic Republic of Iran.[5] Birth certificates show that he was born on 24 September 1902 as the anniversary of the Prophet
Muhammad's daughter
Fatimah, but his actual birth date was 17 May 1900.[citation needed] The house became a historical monument and museum.[5]
The house was set on fire on 17 November 2022 during the
Mahsa Amini protests; and days after the death of
Kian Pirfalak, an Iranian child killed during the Izeh Bazaar Massacre.[6]Online social media showed a crowd cheering as flames were seen emerging from the house. Tasnim News Agency denied that a fire had occurred and stated that the house was "open to the public".[5][7]
The birthplace of Ruhollah Khomeini in Khomeyn.
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 64,031 in 17,399 households.[8] The following census in 2011 counted 70,053 people in 21,477 households.[9] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 72,882 people in 23,334 households.[2]
Geography
Location
Khomeyn is in the south of the province, in a fertile plain, about 160 kilometres (99 mi) from
Qom and 325 kilometres (202 mi) from
Tehran.
Climate
The climate of Khomeyn is a moderate mountainous inclining to a semi-desert one. Winters are cold and summers are moderate.
^Khomeyn can be found at
GEOnet Names Server, at
this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3071137" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".