Shahmirzad Explained

Official Name:Shahmirzad
Native Name:Persian: شهميرزاد
Settlement Type:City
Pushpin Map:Iran
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Iran
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Semnan
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Mehdishahr
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Shahmirzad
Population As Of:2016
Population Total:11191
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:IRST
Utc Offset:+3:30
Coordinates:35.7692°N 53.3361°W
Coordinates Footnotes:[1]

Shahmirzad (Persian: شهميرزاد) is a city in, and the capital of, Shahmirzad District of Mehdishahr County, Semnan province, Iran.[2] It is in the northern part of the country and on the southern slopes of the Alborz Mountains.

Demographics

Language

The Shahmirzadi language (شامرزایی) is a Caspian language close to Mazandarani.[3]

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 7,273 in 1,860 households, when it was in the former Mehdishahr District of Semnan County.[4] The following census in 2011 counted 8,882 people in 2,625 households,[5] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Mehdishahr County. Shahmirzad was transferred to the new Shahmirzad District.[2] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 11,191 people in 3,789 households.[6] During the summer, the city's population approaches 40,000 as tourists come for its cool climate and popular gardens.

Overview

Shahmirzad has been home to people of diverse ethnic backgrounds, a large group of whom seasonally settled in cities and towns of Mazandaran, such as Babol, Sari, Neka, and Behshahr. During the past decades many Muslim, Bahá'í, and Shahmirzadi Jews,[7] migrated to larger cities in Iran and abroad, most notably San Francisco Bay Area.

Shahmirzad's walnut orchard with a size of is noted by the UN, Food and Agriculture Organization, as the largest of its kind in the world.[8] Shahmirzadi homeowners are given a proprietary interest in the walnut orchard in proportion to the amount of land they own in the village. Shahmirzad also produces mineral water "Tenab Shahmirzad".[9] [10]

Notable people

See also

Notes and References

  1. ((OpenStreetMap contributors)) . Shahmirzad, Mehdishahr County . . 24 April 2023 . 24 April 2023 . fa.
  2. Web site: Approval letter regarding the reforms of country divisions in Semnan province . fa . Lamtakam . https://web.archive.org/web/20240102175534/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/134980 . Ministry of Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Board . Davodi . Parviz . 2 January 2024 . 29 July 1386 . 2 January 2024.
  3. http://www.ethnologue.org/show_language.asp?code=srz Ethnologue report for language code:srz
  4. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006) . 20 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 25 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110920095232/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/20.xls . Excel . 20 September 2011.
  5. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011) . 20 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . Syracuse University . https://web.archive.org/web/20230120141324/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Semnan.xls . 20 January 2023. 19 December 2022 . Excel.
  6. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016) . 20 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 19 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201117022823/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_20.xlsx . Excel . 17 November 2020.
  7. Kirmānshāhchī, Ḥishmat Allāh. Taḥavvulāt-i ijtimāʻī-i Yahūdiyān-i Īrān dar qarn-i bīstum. Los Angeles, CA: Shirkat-i Kitāb, 2007. Print
  8. http://www.iran-daily.com/1383/2237/html/art.htm Iran Daily
  9. http://www.pmgeiser.ch/mineral/index.php?func=disp&parval=2577&PHPSESSID=86f64336a68facd9a91f5db17dce472d Tenab Shahmirzad, Iran - Water from all over the World
  10. Web site: History (Farsi) . 2009-12-13 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100116161627/http://shahmirzad.org/Farsi.aspx . 2010-01-16 .

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