Tasuj

{{About|the city in Shabestar County of East Azerbaijan province, Iran|the administrative divisions|Tasuj District (Shabestar County)|and|Tasuj District (Kavar County){{!}}Tasuj District|other places with the same name|Tasuj (disambiguation){{!}}Tasuj}}

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|native_name = {{langx|fa|تسوج}}

|settlement_type = City

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|subdivision_type1 = Province

|subdivision_name1 = East Azerbaijan

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|subdivision_name2 = Shabestar

|subdivision_type3 = District

|subdivision_name3 = Tasuj

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|population_total = 7522

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|timezone = IRST

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|coordinates = {{coord|38|18|53|N|45|21|37|E|dim:1km|display=inline,title}}

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Tasuj ({{langx|fa|تسوج}}){{efn|Also romanized as Tasooj, Tasūj, and Ţasūj; also known as Tasvīch{{GEOnet3|-3087191}}}} is a city in, and the capital of, Tasuj District{{efn|Formerly Anzab District{{cite report|title=Approval letter regarding changing the name of Anzab District from Shabestar County in East Azerbaijan province to Tasuj District|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Research Center of the System of Laws of the Islamic Council of the Farabi Library of Mobile Users|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/134389|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427083407/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/134389|archive-date=27 April 2014|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political-Defense Commission|last=Davodi|first=Parviz|orig-date=Approved 13 May 1387|date=c. 2014|id=Proposal 63375/42/4/1|access-date=6 December 2023}}}} in Shabestar County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran.{{cite web|title=Creation and establishment of Anzab District centered in the city of Tasuj in the citizenship of Shabestar County|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Research Center of the System of Laws of the Islamic Council of the Farabi Library of Mobile Users|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/116969|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427082459/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/116969|archive-date=27 April 2014|date=c. 2014|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political-Defense Commission|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|orig-date=Approved 13 May 1387|id=Notification 2886T15643K|access-date=6 December 2023}}

Demographics

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It is an Azeri Turkic speaking city.{{cn|date=February 2024}}

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At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 7,332 in 2,108 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): East 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/03.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920092432/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/03.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}} The following census in 2011 counted 7,370 people in 2,288 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): East Azerbaijan Province|website=irandataportal.syr.edu|via=Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|url=https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/East-Azerbaijan.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116202318/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/East-Azerbaijan.xls|archive-date=16 January 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}} The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 7,522 people in 2,514 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): East 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_03.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113123618/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_03.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=13 November 2020}}

Notes

References

Category:Cities in East Azerbaijan province

Category:Populated places in Shabestar County