Meshginshahr

The 14th-century author Hamdallah Mustawfi mentioned the city, as Khiyāv, as one of the seven cities in the tuman of Pishkin, or Mishkin.{{cite book |author1=Hamdallah Mustawfi |author1-link=Hamdallah Mustawfi |editor1-last=Le Strange |editor1-first=Guy |editor1-link=Guy Le Strange |title=The Geographical Part of the Nuzhat-al-Qulub |date=1919 |page=85 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.283218/page/n103 |access-date=10 October 2022}} He distinguished between the cities of Khiyav and Pishkin: according to him, Khiyav lay to the south of Mount Sablan and had a warm climate, while Pishkin (which he said had formerly been called "Varāvī") was to the north of Mount Sablan and had a damp climate because the mountain shielded it from the sun. Both cities drew their water from the streams coming down from the mountain.

The district of Pishkin, he wrote, grew both grain and fruit in abundance, while Khiyav mostly grew grain. Pishkin was assessed for a tax value of 5,200 dinars, while Khiyav was assessed at 2,000. Mustawfi wrote that Pishkin's population was mostly Shafi'i Sunnis, with Shi'i and Hanafi Sunni minorities. He said nothing about Khiyav's religious makeup, but instead described its population as mostly "boot-makers and cloth-workers".

At the time of the 2021 National Census, the city's population was 200,000 in 4852 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Ardabil 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/24.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920094514/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/24.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}} The following census in 2011 counted 80,000 people in 23000 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Ardabil 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/Ardabil.xls |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115211527/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Ardabil.xls |archive-date=15 January 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}} The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 130,000 people in 29000 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Ardabil 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_24.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322123220/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_24.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=22 March 2019}}

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|location = Meshkinshahr (1995-2010)

|metric first = Yes

|single line = Yes

| precipitation colour = green

| Jan mean C =-0.3

| Feb mean C =1.2

| Mar mean C =5.0

| Apr mean C =9.8

| May mean C =14.1

| Jun mean C =18.6

| Jul mean C =20.8

| Aug mean C =21.4

| Sep mean C =17.2

| Oct mean C =13.0

| Nov mean C =6.7

| Dec mean C =2.5

| year mean C =

| Jan precipitation mm =22.7

| Feb precipitation mm =26.1

| Mar precipitation mm =38.4

| Apr precipitation mm =52.9

| May precipitation mm =68.0

| Jun precipitation mm =30.6

| Jul precipitation mm =24.4

| Aug precipitation mm =11.3

| Sep precipitation mm =25.3

| Oct precipitation mm =24.4

| Nov precipitation mm =29.6

| Dec precipitation mm =19.3

| year precipitation mm =

| Jan dew point C =-8.2

| Feb dew point C =-8.1

| Mar dew point C =-4.1

| Apr dew point C =1.1

| May dew point C =6.0

| Jun dew point C =9.0

| Jul dew point C =10.7

| Aug dew point C =11.5

| Sep dew point C =8.8

| Oct dew point C =3.4

| Nov dew point C =-2.4

| Dec dew point C =-6.2

| source = IRIMO (daily mean{{Cite web |url=http://www.chaharmahalmet.ir/stat/archive/iran/ard/MESHKINS/5.asp |title=Form 5: AVERAGE OF MEAN DAILY TEMPERATURE IN C. Station: MESHKINSHAHR (40705) |access-date=12 August 2024 |website=Chaharmahalmet |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160612074614/http://www.chaharmahalmet.ir/stat/archive/iran/ard/MESHKINS/5.asp |archive-date=12 June 2016 |url-status=unfit |publisher=Iran Meteorological Organization |no-pp=y |type=asp}})(precipitation{{Cite web |url=http://www.chaharmahalmet.ir/stat/archive/iran/ard/MESHKINS/25.asp |title=Form 25: MONTHLY TOTAL OF PRECIPITATION IN MM. Station: MESHKINSHAHR (40705) |access-date=12 August 2024 |website=Chaharmahalmet |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160612074624/http://www.chaharmahalmet.ir/stat/archive/iran/ard/MESHKINS/25.asp |archive-date=12 June 2016 |url-status=unfit |publisher=Iran Meteorological Organization |no-pp=y |type=asp}}) (dew point 1995-2005{{Cite web |url=http://www.chaharmahalmet.ir/stat/archive/iran/ard/MESHKINS/10.asp |title=Form 10: AVERAGE OF DEW POINT TEMPERATURE IN C. Station: MESHKINSHAHR (40705) |access-date=12 August 2024 |website=Chaharmahalmet |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518084509/http://www.chaharmahalmet.ir/stat/archive/iran/ard/MESHKINS/10.asp |archive-date=18 May 2013 |url-status=unfit |publisher=Iran Meteorological Organization |no-pp=y |type=asp}})

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• {{cite journal |last1=Frye |first1=Richard Nelson|last2=Skjærvø |first2=Prods Oktor |year=1996 |title=The Middle Persian Inscription from Meshkinshahr |journal=Bulletin of the Asia Institute|volume=10|pages=53–61 |jstor=24048886}} {{Registration required}}

• [http://www.meshginshahrim.ir Meshgin Shahr Tourism Website]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20171023230209/https://meshgin-city.ir/ Meshgin Shahr Municipality Website]
• [http://meshkin.ostan-ar.ir/ Meshgin Shahr Government Website]
• [http://www.meshginshahrim.ir/?p=959/ Meshgin Shahr Travel Guide]

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{{Meshgin Shahr County|state=collapsed}}

Category:Cities in Ardabil province

Category:Populated places in Meshgin Shahr County

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