Kuchesfahan

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Kuchesfahan ({{langx|fa|كوچصفهان}} {{IPA|fa|kuːtʃesfæˈhɒːn|}}) or Kochesfahan ({{IPA|glk|kʊtʃesfəˈhən|lang|link=yes|small=no}}){{GEOnet3|-3072243}}{{efn|Also romanized as Kūcheşfahān and Kuch-i-Isfahān; also known as Kushk-Isfagan.}} is a city in, and the capital of, Kuchesfahan District of Rasht County, Gilan province, Iran.{{cite report|title=Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of Gilan province centered on the city of Rasht|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Islamic Parliament Research Center|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/113040|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012175417/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/113040|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|archive-date=12 October 2016|orig-date=Approved 21 June 1369|date=21 October 2015|id=Proposal 3233.1.5.53; Notification 82846/T135K|access-date=12 December 2023}}

Etymology

Some etymologists believe that in the past, a number of people from Isfahan had migrated to this city, therefore it was named Kuch-e Esfahān. Kuch is Persian (and Gilaki) for migration, and Kuch-e Esfahān means The Esfahān Migration.{{cn|date=May 2024}}

Some other believe that in the Safavid era, when Isfahan was the capital of Iran, as Kuchesfahān was governmentally similar to Isfahan, people called it Kuche Esfahān. Kuche is Gilaaki for small, and Kuche Esfahān means The Small Isfahan.{{CN|date=March 2024}}

History

Kuchesfahan is an historical city dating back to the Sassanian era.{{CN|date=March 2024}} The most famous historical site of the city is the Murghāne Purt bridge. Also, there are some religious monuments in the city.{{Cite web |url=http://kouchesfahan-experts.blogfa.com/post-23.aspx |title=هم اندیشی متخصصین و مهندسان گیلانی |access-date=2008-06-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708014417/http://kouchesfahan-experts.blogfa.com/post-23.aspx |archive-date=2011-07-08 |url-status=dead }}

Demographics

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The people speak Gilaki and Persian.{{cn|date=May 2024}}

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At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 8,351 in 2,463 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Gilan 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/01.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920083905/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/01.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}} The following census in 2011 counted 9,450 people in 3,039 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Gilan 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/Gilan.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008063316/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Gilan.xls|archive-date=8 October 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}} The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 10,026 people in 3,450 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Gilan 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_01.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204200858/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_01.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=4 December 2020}}

Economy

Agriculture is the most popular job in the city and rice is its most important product.{{cn|date=May 2024}}

Sports

Gile-mardi wrestling, a local type of wrestling in Gilan, has been a popular sport in the past.{{CN|date=March 2024}}

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References

Category:Cities in Gilan province

Category:Populated places in Rasht County