Panchah Explained

Official Name:Panchah
Native Name:پنچاه
Settlement Type:Village
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Gilan
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Astaneh-ye Ashrafiyeh
Subdivision Type3:Bakhsh
Subdivision Name3:Central
Subdivision Type4:Rural District
Subdivision Name4:Kisom
Population As Of:2006
Population Total:799
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:IRST
Utc Offset:+3:30
Timezone Dst:IRDT
Utc Offset Dst:+4:30

Panchah (Persian: پنچاه, also Romanized as Panchāh) is a village in Kisom Rural District, in the Central District of Astaneh-ye Ashrafiyeh County, Gilan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 799, in 253 families.

Language

It is an ancestrally Gilaki speaking village.[1]

Notable Residents

Zaynolabideen Ghorbani, Shia Cleric

Historical Buildings

Buq'eh Sayyid Muhammad b. Imam Ja'far Sadiq with wall paintings related to Shia history.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Atlas of the Languages of Iran .