Takab

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.{{cn|date=May 2022}} Afshar people are one of the Oghuz Turkic peoples.{{cite web|first=P.|last=Oberling|title=Afshar|url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/afsar-one-of-the-twenty-four-original-guz-turkic-tribes-t|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429162916/http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/afsar-one-of-the-twenty-four-original-guz-turkic-tribes-t|publisher=Encyclopedia Iranica|archive-date=April 29, 2011|quote=AFŠĀR, one of the twenty-four original Ḡuz Turkic tribes|access-date=July 9, 2009|url-status=dead}} 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.[https://books.google.com/books?id=gzpdq679oJwC&pg=PA89 Iran's Diverse Peoples: A Reference Sourcebook], ed. Massoume Price, (ABC-CLIO, 2005), pp. 75, 89.

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.{{Cite web|title=تاریخچه شهر تکاب|url=http://www.takhte-soleiman.com/TakabHistory.aspx|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081005202202/http://www.takhte-soleiman.com/TakabHistory.aspx|archive-date=October 5, 2008|access-date=August 3, 2020|language=fa}} The Azerbaijanis have also been described as 'Turkmans'.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.

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.[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)]

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 43,702 in 10,078 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): West Azerbaijan 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/04.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920094953/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/04.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}} The following census in 2011 counted 44,040 people in 11,749 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): West Azerbaijan 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/West-Azerbaijan.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230120205939/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/West-Azerbaijan.xls|archive-date=20 January 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}} The 2016 census measured the population of the city as of 49,677 people in 14,369 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): West Azerbaijan 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_04.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830042935/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_04.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=30 August 2022}}

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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.http://www.farsnews.ir/newstext.php?nn=8901181434 {{Dead link|date=March 2022}}

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