Takestan County Explained
Takestan County should not be confused with Tangestan County.
| Takestan County |
| Native Name: | Persian: شهرستان تاکستان |
| Settlement Type: | County |
| Image Map1: | IranQazvin.svg |
| Map Caption1: | Location of Qazvin province in Iran |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Iran |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Qazvin |
| Seat Type: | Capital |
| Seat: | Takestan |
| Parts Type: | Districts |
| Parts Style: | para |
| P1: | Central |
| P2: | Esfarvarin |
| P3: | Khorramdasht |
| P4: | Ziaabad |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Total: | 172636 |
| Coordinates: | 36.0167°N 79°W |
| Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
| Timezone: | IRST |
| Utc Offset: | +3:30 |
Takestan County (Persian: شهرستان تاکستان) is in Qazvin province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Takestan.[2]
Demographics
Language and ethnicity
Most people of Takestan County are Tat and they speak Tati.[3] [4] [5] [6]
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the county's population was 171,520 in 42,969 households.[7] The following census in 2011 counted 172,949 people in 50,247 households.[8] The 2016 census measured the population of the county as 172,636 in 52,917 households.[9]
Administrative divisions
Takestan County's population history and administrative structure over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.
Takestan County Population| Administrative Divisions | 2006 | 2011 | 2016 |
|---|
| Central District | 99,841 | 102,401 | 103,757 |
| 923 | 739 | 555 |
| 7,332 | 6,057 | 4,412 |
| 12,890 | 12,294 | 12,887 |
| Narjeh (city) | 5,071 | 5,404 | 5,604 |
| Takestan (city) | 73,625 | 77,907 | 80,299 |
| Esfarvarin District | 28,845 | 29,106 | 29,300 |
| 10,282 | 9,880 | 10,320 |
| 6,459 | 6,611 | 6,609 |
| Esfarvarin (city) | 12,104 | 12,615 | 12,371 |
| Khorramdasht District | 21,685 | 21,910 | 20,661 |
| 8,549 | 7,947 | 7,262 |
| 6,944 | 7,238 | 6,845 |
| Khorramdasht (city) | 6,192 | 6,725 | 6,554 |
| Ziaabad District | 21,149 | 19,532 | 18,918 |
| 6,002 | 4,898 | 5,061 |
| 6,762 | 5,997 | 5,595 |
| Ziaabad (city) | 8,385 | 8,637 | 8,262 |
| Total | 171,520 | 172,949 | 172,636 |
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See also
Notes and References
- ((OpenStreetMap contributors)) . Takestan County . . 17 May 2023 . 17 May 2023 . fa.
- Web site: Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of elements and units of country divisions of Zanjan province, centered in Zanjan city . fa . Lamtakam . https://web.archive.org/web/20231216213100/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/113027 . Ministry of Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Council . Habibi . Hassan . 16 December 2023 . 7 July 1369 . 16 December 2023.
- The Tati dialects in the Sociolinguistic Context of Northwestern Iran and Transcaucasia, Stilo, D. 1981: In: Iranian Studies 14.3/4, 137-187.
- https://books.google.com/books/about/A_grammar_of_southern_Tati_dialects.html?id=mzGCAAAAIAAJ A Grammar of Southern Tati Dialects, Ehsan Yar-Shater, 1969.
- Tats of Iran and Caucasus, Ali Abdoli, 2010.
- Web site: Ethnologue: Languages of the World .
- Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006) . 26 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 25 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110920090740/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/26.xls . Excel . 20 September 2011.
- Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011) . 26 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . Syracuse University . https://web.archive.org/web/20230119221156/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Qazvin.xls . 19 January 2023. 19 December 2022 . Excel.
- Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016) . 26 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 19 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211130193527/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_26.xlsx . Excel . 30 November 2021.
