Takab Explained
| Takab |
| Native Name: | Persian: تكاب
Kurdish: Tîkab
Azerbaijani: تیکانتپه |
| Native Name Lang: | fa |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Pushpin Map: | Iran |
| Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Iran |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | West Azerbaijan |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Takab |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Central |
| Leader Title: | Governor (acting) |
| Leader Name: | Mahmud Zamani[2] |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Total: | 49677 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | IRST |
| Utc Offset: | +3:30 |
Takab (Persian: تكاب)[3] is a city in the Central District of Takab County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[4]
The famous historical complex Takht-e Soleyman is situated to the North-East of the city. Takht-e-Soleyman was one of Takab's oldest Zoroastrian fire temples during the Sassanid Dynasty and had the name Azargoshnasp.[5] The Karaftu Cave is also situated in Takab near Saqqez.
Etymology
Shiz is the ancient name used during Persian Empire for Takab. Takab means one narrow water way in Persian language. Tak means one or alone and Ab means water. Takab was originally known as Tikan Təpə by its native Turkic Afshar people until 1941 when Iran's Academy of Persian Language and Literature officially changed it to Takab. Afshar people are one of the Oghuz Turkic peoples.[6] These originally nomadic Oghuz tribes moved from Central Asia and initially settled in Iranian Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan republic, and Eastern Turkey. Later some of them were relocated by the Safavids to Khorasan and Mazandaran.[7]
Demographics
Language, ethnicity, and religion
The predominant language spoken in the city is Azerbaijani, while the predominant religion is Shia Islam. Minority Kurdish tribes include Shekak, Sharani, Moslanlu and Zafranlu, while most of the Azerbaijani population is of the Afshar tribe.[8] The Azerbaijanis have also been described as 'Turkmans'.[9] Nowadays out of twenty-three neighborhoods in Takab city, ten neighborhoods are completely inhabited by Azerbaijanis and four neighborhoods are mostly inhabited by Azerbaijanis, and six neighborhoods are completely inhabited by Kurds and three neighborhoods are mostly inhabited by Kurds.[10]
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 43,702 in 10,078 households.[11] The following census in 2011 counted 44,040 people in 11,749 households.[12] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as of 49,677 people in 14,369 households.[13]
Economy
The majority of residents of Takab earn their income from agriculture. Takab is home to the biggest gold mine in the entire country and one of the biggest in the Middle East.[14]
Notable people
See also
Notes and References
- ((OpenStreetMap contributors)) . Takab, Takab County . . 19 February 2024 . 19 February 2024 . fa.
- News: U.S.: Several Russian cruise missiles landed in Iran . . Robert . Burns . October 8, 2016 . An earlier report by Fars on Wednesday quoted Iraj Saghafi, acting governor of Takab in northwestern Iran, saying an explosion heard in the region was "possibly related to work in a nearby rock quarry." . https://web.archive.org/web/20170124045619/http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/pentagon/2015/10/08/us-several-russian-cruise-missiles-landed-in-iran/73599348/ . January 24, 2017.
- Book: نگاهی به تاریخ و جغرافیای میاندوآب و تکاب و شاهیندژ . ج. محبوبی. 1991. fa.
- Web site: Creation and establishment of two cities and several districts and annexation of several villages to Urmia city . fa . Research Center of the System of Laws of the Islamic Council of the Farabi Library of Mobile Users . https://web.archive.org/web/20140223223713/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/112504 . Ministry of Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board . Habibi . Hassan . 23 February 2014 . 24 September 1369 . 20 December 2023.
- Mohammadi,A (1997). History of Takab Afshar. Tehran: Eman press, Khorshidi: 1376.
- Web site: P.. Oberling. Afshar. https://web.archive.org/web/20110429162916/http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/afsar-one-of-the-twenty-four-original-guz-turkic-tribes-t. Encyclopedia Iranica. April 29, 2011. AFŠĀR, one of the twenty-four original Ḡuz Turkic tribes. July 9, 2009. dead.
- Iran's Diverse Peoples: A Reference Sourcebook, ed. Massoume Price, (ABC-CLIO, 2005), pp. 75, 89.
- Web site: تاریخچه شهر تکاب. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20081005202202/http://www.takhte-soleiman.com/TakabHistory.aspx. October 5, 2008. August 3, 2020. fa.
- From multilingual empire to contested modern state, Touraj Atabaki, Iran in the 21st Century: Politics, Economics & Conflict, ed. Homa Katouzian, Hossein Shahidi, (Routledge, 2008), 41.
- https://media.farsnews.ir/Uploaded/Files/Documents/1397/01/28/13970128000025.pdf Farsnews: تحلیل رابطه پایگاه اجتماعی و اقتصادی قومیتها با جدایی گزینی شهری (مورد مطالعه: محلات شهر تکاب)
- Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006) . 04 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 25 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110920094953/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/04.xls . Excel . 20 September 2011.
- Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011) . 04 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . Syracuse University . https://web.archive.org/web/20230120205939/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/West-Azerbaijan.xls . 20 January 2023. 19 December 2022 . Excel.
- Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016) . 04 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 19 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220830042935/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_04.xlsx . Excel . 30 August 2022.
- http://www.farsnews.ir/newstext.php?nn=8901181434
