Sain Qaleh Explained
| Sain Qaleh |
| Native Name: | Persian: صائين قلعه |
| Native Name Lang: | fa |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Pushpin Map: | Iran |
| Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Iran |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Zanjan |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Abhar |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Central |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Total: | 12989 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | IRST |
| Utc Offset: | +3:30 |
Sain Qaleh (Persian: صائين قلعه) is a city in the Central District of Abhar County, Zanjan province, Iran.
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 11,083 in 2,896 households.[2] The following census in 2011 counted 11,939 people in 3,470 households.[3] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 12,989 people in 4,048 households.[4]
In literature
The 14th-century author Hamdallah Mustawfi mentioned Sa'in Qal'eh in his Nuzhat al-Qulub: he referred to "the village called Quhūd, which the Mongols call Sāin Qal'ah, and which is the chief of all those neighboring hamlets".[5] He also wrote that it was close to the castle of Sarjahan.[5]
Notable people
See also
Notes and References
- ((OpenStreetMap contributors)) . Sain Qaleh, Abhar County . . 29 February 2024 . 29 February 2024 . fa.
- Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006) . 19 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 25 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110920091748/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/19.xls . Excel . 20 September 2011.
- Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011) . 19 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . Syracuse University . https://web.archive.org/web/20230121160421/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Zanjan.xls . 21 January 2023. 19 December 2022 . Excel.
- Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016) . 19 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 19 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220427114852/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_19.xlsx . Excel . 27 April 2022.
- Book: Hamdallah Mustawfi . Hamdallah Mustawfi . Le Strange . Guy . Guy Le Strange . The Geographical Part of the Nuzhat-al-Qulub . 1919 . 69 . 10 October 2022.
