Takestan Explained

Takestan
Native Name:fa|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 (fa|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. . 16 September 2024. 16 September 2024. fa.
  2. Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of elements and units of the national divisions of Zanjan province, centered in Zanjan city. fa. lamtakam.com. Lam ta Kam. https://web.archive.org/web/20231216213100/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/113027. Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Council. Habibi. Hassan. 16 December 2023. Approved 7 July 1369. c. 2023. Notification 82844/T141K. 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. Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Qazvin Province. fa. The Statistical Center of Iran. amar.org.ir. 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. Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Qazvin Province. fa. The Statistical Center of Iran. irandataportal.syr.edu. Iran Data Portal, 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. Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Qazvin Province. fa. The Statistical Center of Iran. amar.org.ir. 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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