Sowme'eh Sara Explained

Official Name:Sowme'eh Sara
Native Name:Persian: صومعه سرا
Settlement Type:City
Pushpin Map:Iran
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Iran
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Gilan
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Sowme'eh Sara
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Central
Population As Of:2016
Population Total:47083
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:IRST
Utc Offset:+3:30
Coordinates:37.3°N 49.3142°W
Coordinates Footnotes:[1]

Sowme'eh Sara (Persian: صومعه‌سرا) is a city in the Central District of Sowme'eh Sara County, Gilan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[2] The city is on the south coast of the Caspian Sea, about 25km (16miles) west of Rasht.

Demographics

Language and ethnicity

People of Sowme'eh Sara are mostly Gilaks and they speak the Sowme'eh Sarai variety of Western Gilaki language.[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Linguistic composition of the city.[9]

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 36,522 in 10,070 households.[10] The following census in 2011 counted 40,978 people in 12,325 households.[11] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 47,083 people in 15,331 households.[12]

Agriculture

Rice has been cultivated in this region for many years, where some indigenous cultivars (landrace) were conventionally bred by farmers.[13]

See also

Notes and References

  1. ((OpenStreetMap contributors)) . Sowme'eh Sara, Sowme'eh Sara County . . 10 October 2023 . 10 October 2023 . fa.
  2. Web site: Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of Gilan province centered on the city of Rasht . fa . Islamic Parliament Research Center . https://web.archive.org/web/20161012175417/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/113040 . Ministry of Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board . Habibi . Hassan . 12 October 2016 . 12 September 1990 . 12 December 2023.
  3. Book: Jahangiri, Dr. Nader . گویش گیلکی لاهیجان . Lahijani Dialect of Gilaki . Persian . Iran . Tokyo University of Foreign Studies .
  4. Resaei . Ayoub . 2006 . گویش گیلکی فومنات . Fumanat's Dialect of Gilaki . Persian . Iran . Allameh Tabataba'i University. 65 .
  5. Book: Sotoudeh, Manouchehr . 1953 . فرهنگ گیلکی . Gilaki Culture . Persian, Gilaki . Iran . فرهنگ ایلیا . 17, 18 .
  6. Book: Shokri, Giti . 2006 . گویش رامسری . Ramsari Dialect . Persian . Iran . پژوهشگاه علوم انسانی و مطالعات فرهنگی . 14 .
  7. Web site: Glottolog 4.6 - Western Gilaki .
  8. Web site: Gilaki .
  9. Web site: 2015. Language distribution: Gilan Province. 22 March 2021. Iran Atlas.
  10. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006) . 01 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 25 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110920083905/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/01.xls . Excel . 20 September 2011.
  11. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011) . 01 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . Syracuse University . https://web.archive.org/web/20231008063316/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Gilan.xls . 8 October 2023 . 19 December 2022 . Excel.
  12. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016) . 01 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 19 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201204200858/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_01.xlsx . Excel . 4 December 2020.
  13. Pazuki . Arman . Sohani . Mehdi . amp . 2013 . Phenotypic evaluation of scutellum-derived calluses in 'Indica' rice cultivars . Acta Agriculturae Slovenica . 101 . 2 . 239–247 . 10.2478/acas-2013-0020 . February 2, 2014. free .