Ardaq

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Ardaq ({{langx|fa|ارداق}}){{efn|Also known as Aradagh,[https://abadis.ir/fatofa/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%82/ abadis.ir] Ardak, and Engel{{GEOnet3|-3077437}}}} is a city in, and the capital of, Dashtabi District of Buin Zahra County, Qazvin province, Iran.{{cite report|title=Permit to convert Ardaq village into Ardaq city|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Research Center of the System of Laws of the Islamic Council of the Farabi Mobile Library|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/121999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130119210459/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/121999|archive-date=19 January 2013|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Board|last=Aref|first=Mohammad Reza|date=11 January 1391|orig-date=Approved 22 March 1381|id=Notification 12377/T25076K|access-date=10 January 2024}} It also serves as the administrative center for Dashtabi-ye Gharbi Rural District.{{cite report|title=Creation and formation of 25 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Qazvin County under Zanjan province|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Islamic Parliament Research Center|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110231|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120630220301/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110231|date=11 April 1391|orig-date=Approved 10 April 1366|id=Notification 206/T877|archive-date=30 June 2012|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Board of Ministers|last=Mousavi|first=Mirhossein|access-date=28 November 2023}} Ardaq is the center of kilim weaving in the province.[https://khabarban.com/a/27424215 Khabarban]

Demographics

=Language=

The common language in this city is Azerbaijani Turkish.[https://seeiran.ir/%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%82/ Seeiran]

=Population=

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 4,832 in 1,262 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Qazvin Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/26.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920090740/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/26.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}} The following census in 2011 counted 5,123 people in 1,468 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Qazvin Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=irandataportal.syr.edu|via=Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University|url=https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Qazvin.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230119221156/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Qazvin.xls|archive-date=19 January 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}} The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 5,043 people in 1,596 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Qazvin Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_26.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130193527/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_26.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=30 November 2021}}

Notable people

Qazi Ardaghi was born in Ardaq.

Notes

References

Category:Cities in Qazvin province

Category:Populated places in Buin Zahra County