Takestan Explained

Takestan
Native Name:Persian: تاكستان
Native Name Lang:fa
Settlement Type:City
Pushpin Map:Iran
Coordinates Footnotes:[1]
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Qazvin
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Takestan
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Central
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2016
Population Total:80299
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:IRST
Utc Offset:+3:30

Takestan (Persian: تاكستان) is a city in the Central District of Takestan County, Qazvin province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[2] Takestan has a railway station on the Teheran-Tabriz line. The name Takestan literally means "vineyard."

Demographics

Ethnicity

Most of the population of Takestan belong to the Tat ethnic group[3] and Azerbaijanis. Takestan is the largest Tat-populated city in the world.[4] [5] [6] [7]

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 73,625 in 18,685 households.[8] The following census in 2011 counted 77,907 people in 22,894 households.[9] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 80,299 people in 24,595 households.[10]

Historical sites

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. ((OpenStreetMap contributors)) . Takestan, Takestan County . . 17 May 2023 . 17 May 2023 . fa.
  2. 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.
  3. http://takestan.ir/fa-IR/DouranPortal/4742/page/%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%B1%D9%81%DB%8C-%D8%AA%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86 Takestan Municipality
  4. Stilo. Donald L.. The Tati language group in the sociolinguistic context of Northwestern Iran and Transcaucasia. Iranian Studies. 2 January 2007. 14. 3–4. 137–187. 10.1080/00210868108701585.
  5. Book: Yar-Shater, Ehsan . Ehsan Yarshater. A grammar of southern Tati dialects. registration. 1969. Mouton.
  6. Tats of Iran and Caucasus, Ali Abdoli, 2010.
  7. Web site: Takestani, a language of Iran. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 19th Edition. SIL International Publications. 28 March 2016.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.

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