Takestan
{{Short description|City in Qazvin province, Iran}}
{{for multi|the administrative division|Takestan County|the nearby village|Shahrsanati-ye Takestan|the village in Fars province|Takestan-e Sadrabad}}
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Shahi mansion, Bogheh-e-pir, vineyard, Takestan's wind farm
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Takestan ({{langx|fa|تاكستان}}){{efn|Also romanized as Tâkestân; also known as Siadehan and Siaden; and Tati: (سیادن), romanized as Siyâden{{GEOnet3|-3086741}}}} is a city in the Central District of Takestan County, Qazvin province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.{{cite report|title=Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of elements and units of the national divisions of Zanjan province, centered in Zanjan city|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/113027|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216213100/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/113027|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Council|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|archive-date=16 December 2023|orig-date=Approved 7 July 1369|date=c. 2023|id=Notification 82844/T141K|access-date=16 December 2023}} Takestan has a railway station on the Teheran-Tabriz line. The name Takestan literally means "vineyard."
Demographics
=Ethnicity=
Most of the population of Takestan belong to the Tat ethnic group[http://takestan.ir/fa-IR/DouranPortal/4742/page/%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%B1%D9%81%DB%8C-%D8%AA%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86 Takestan Municipality] and Azerbaijanis. Takestan is the largest Tat-populated city in the world.{{cite journal|last1=Stilo|first1=Donald L.|title=The Tati language group in the sociolinguistic context of Northwestern Iran and Transcaucasia|journal=Iranian Studies|date=2 January 2007|volume=14|issue=3–4|pages=137–187|doi=10.1080/00210868108701585}}{{cite book|last=Yar-Shater|first=Ehsan |author-link=Ehsan Yarshater|title=A grammar of southern Tati dialects|url=https://archive.org/details/grammarofsouther0000yars|url-access=registration|year=1969|publisher=Mouton}}Tats of Iran and Caucasus, Ali Abdoli, 2010.{{cite web|title=Takestani, a language of Iran|url=http://www.ethnologue.org/show_language.asp?code=tks|website=Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 19th Edition|publisher=SIL International Publications|access-date=28 March 2016}}
=Population=
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 73,625 in 18,685 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 77,907 people in 22,894 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 80,299 people in 24,595 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}}
Historical sites
- Pir Mausoleum: The Pir mausoleum, alternatively known as "Pir-e Takestan" and "Imamzadeh Pir," is a small, domed building dating from the 11th-century Seljuk era and has since been restored. Only little of the original ornamental decorations remains.
See also
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References
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- Matheson, Sylvia A. (1972). Persia: An Archaeological Guide. London: Faber and Faber Limited. {{ISBN|0-571-09305-1}}
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{{Qazvin Province|state=collapsed}}
{{Takestan County|state=collapsed}}
Category:Cities in Qazvin province
Category:Populated places in Takestan County
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