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	'''Takab~~''' or '''Tekab~~''' ({{~~lang-~~fa\|تكاب}},<ref>{{Cite book\|title=~~نگاهي~~ به ~~تاريخ~~ و ~~جغرافياي~~ ~~مياندوآب~~ و ~~تكاب~~ و ~~شاهين دژ~~ ء\|publisher=ج. ~~محبوبي~~\|year=1991\|language=fa}}</ref> {{~~lang~~-az\|تیکان‌تپه}}, <ref></ref><ref></ref> {{~~Lang-~~ku\|تیکاب~~\|translit=Tîkab~~}}<ref>{{Cite news\|date=September 8, 2017\|title=کوژراوێک و سێ بریندار بە هۆی ڕووداوی هاتووچۆ لە تیکاب\|language=ku\|work=Rojikurd\|url=https://www.rojikurd.net/%D9%A1%D9%A2%DA%A9%D9%88%DA%98%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%DB%8E%DA%A9-%D9%88-%D8%B3%DB%8E-%D8%A8%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%85-%D8%A8%DB%95-%D9%87%DB%86%DB%8C-%DA%95%D9%88%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%88/}}</ref>) is a city in the ] of ], ] province, ], ~~and serves~~ as capital of the county.		'''Takab''' ({{langx\|fa\|تكاب}})<ref>{{Cite book\|title=نگاهی به تاریخ و جغرافیای میاندوآب و تکاب و شاهین‌دژ \|publisher=ج. محبوبی\|year=1991\|language=fa}}</ref>{{efn\|Also ]d as '''Takāb''' and '''Tekab'''; also known as '''Takan Tepe''';<ref>{{GEOnet3\|-3086724}}</ref> {{langx\|az\|تیکان‌تپه\|italic=no}};<ref></ref><ref></ref> {{Langx\|ku\|تیکاب}}, romanized as '''Tîkab'''<ref>{{Cite news\|date=September 8, 2017\|title=کوژراوێک و سێ بریندار بە هۆی ڕووداوی هاتووچۆ لە تیکاب\|language=ku\|work=Rojikurd\|url=https://www.rojikurd.net/%D9%A1%D9%A2%DA%A9%D9%88%DA%98%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%DB%8E%DA%A9-%D9%88-%D8%B3%DB%8E-%D8%A8%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%85-%D8%A8%DB%95-%D9%87%DB%86%DB%8C-%DA%95%D9%88%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%88/}}</ref>}} is a city in the ] of ], ] province, ], serving as capital of both the county and the district.<ref name="Shahin Dezh and Takab Counties Establishment">{{cite report\|title=Creation and establishment of two counties and several districts and annexation of several villages to Urmia 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/112504\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223223713/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/112504\|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board\|last=Habibi\|first=Hassan\|archive-date=23 February 2014\|orig-date=Approved 24 September 1369\|id=Proposal 11490.1.4.42; Notification 113478/T188K\|date=13 December 2005\|access-date=20 December 2023}}</ref>

	At the 2006 census, its population was 43,702 in 10,078 households.<ref name="2006 census">{{cite web \| title = Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006) \| page = 04 \| language = fa \| publisher = The Statistical Center of Iran \| website = AMAR \| 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}}</ref> The following census in 2011 counted 44,040 people in 11,749 households.<ref name="2011 census">{{cite web \| title = Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011) \| page = 04 \| language = fa \| publisher = The Statistical Center of Iran \| website = Iran Data Portal \| url = https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/West-Azerbaijan.xls \| access-date = 19 December 2022 \| format = Excel}}</ref> The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 49,677 people in 14,369 households.<ref name="2016 census">{{cite web \| title = Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016) \| page = 04 \| language = fa \| publisher = The Statistical Center of Iran \| website = AMAR \| 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}}</ref>

	The famous historical complex ] is situated to the North-East of the city. Takht-e-Soleyman was one of Takab's oldest ] ]s during the ] and had the name ''Azargoshnasp''.<ref>Mohammadi,A (1997). History of Takab Afshar. Tehran: Eman press, Khorshidi: 1376.</ref> The ] Cave is also situated in Takab near ].		The famous historical complex ] is situated to the North-East of the city. Takht-e-Soleyman was one of Takab's oldest ] ]s during the ] and had the name ''Azargoshnasp''.<ref>Mohammadi,A (1997). History of Takab Afshar. Tehran: Eman press, Khorshidi: 1376.</ref> The ] Cave is also situated in Takab near ].

	==Etymology==		==Etymology==
	Shiz is the ancient name used during ] for Takab. Takab means one narrow water way in ]. Tak means one or alone and Ab means water. Takab was originally known as Tikan Təpə by its native Turkic ] until 1941 when Iran's ] officially changed it to Takab.{{cn\|date=May 2022}} Afshar people are one of the ].<ref>{{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}}</ref> These originally nomadic Oghuz tribes moved from Central Asia and initially settled in ], ] republic, and ]. Later some of them were relocated by the ] to ] and ].<ref>'', ed. Massoume Price, (ABC-CLIO, 2005), pp. 75, 89.</ref>		Shiz is the ancient name used during ] for Takab. Takab means one narrow water way in ]. Tak means one or alone and Ab means water. Takab was originally known as Tikan Təpə by its native Turkic ] until 1941 when Iran's ] officially changed it to Takab.{{cn\|date=May 2022}} Afshar people are one of the ].<ref>{{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}}</ref> These originally nomadic Oghuz tribes moved from Central Asia and initially settled in ], ] republic, and ]. Later some of them were relocated by the ] to ] and ].<ref>'''', ed. Massoume Price, (ABC-CLIO, 2005), pp. 75, 89.</ref>

	==~~People~~==		==Demographics==
			===Language, ethnicity, and religion===
	The predominant language spoken in the city is ], while the predominant religion is ]. Minority ] include ], Sharani, Moslanlu and Zafranlu, while most of the Azerbaijani population is of the Afshar tribe.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=تاریخچه شهر تکاب\|url=http://www.takhte-soleiman.com/TakabHistory.aspx\|url-status=live\|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}}</ref> The Azerbaijanis have also been described as ']'.<ref>''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.</ref>		The predominant language spoken in the city is ], while the predominant religion is ]. Minority ] include ], Sharani, Moslanlu and Zafranlu, while most of the Azerbaijani population is of the Afshar tribe.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=تاریخچه شهر تکاب\|url=http://www.takhte-soleiman.com/TakabHistory.aspx\|url-status=live\|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}}</ref> The Azerbaijanis have also been described as ']'.<ref>''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.</ref>
	Nowadays out of twenty-three neighborhoods in Takab city, ten neighborhoods are completely inhabited by ] and four neighborhoods are mostly inhabited by ], and six neighborhoods are completely inhabited by ] and three neighborhoods are mostly inhabited by ].<ref></ref>		Nowadays out of twenty-three neighborhoods in Takab city, ten neighborhoods are completely inhabited by ] and four neighborhoods are mostly inhabited by ], and six neighborhoods are completely inhabited by ] and three neighborhoods are mostly inhabited by ].<ref></ref>

			===Population===
			At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 43,702 in 10,078 households.<ref name="2006 West Azerbaijan Province">{{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}}</ref> The following census in 2011 counted 44,040 people in 11,749 households.<ref name="2011 West Azerbaijan Province">{{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}}</ref> The 2016 census measured the population of the city as of 49,677 people in 14,369 households.<ref name="2016 West Azerbaijan Province">{{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}}</ref>

			==Climate==
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			\| Jan high C =0.5
			\| Feb high C =2.4
			\| Mar high C =8.3
			\| Apr high C =15.0
			\| May high C =20.4
			\| Jun high C =27.2
			\| Jul high C =31.4
			\| Aug high C =31.4
			\| Sep high C =26.5
			\| Oct high C =19.0
			\| Nov high C =10.4
			\| Dec high C =4.1
			\| year high C =
			\| Jan mean C =-4.2
			\| Feb mean C =-2.4
			\| Mar mean C =2.9
			\| Apr mean C =8.7
			\| May mean C =13.1
			\| Jun mean C =18.1
			\| Jul mean C =22.5
			\| Aug mean C =22.1
			\| Sep mean C =17.1
			\| Oct mean C =11.4
			\| Nov mean C =4.5
			\| Dec mean C =-0.6
			\| year mean C =
			\| Jan low C =-8.9
			\| Feb low C =-7.3
			\| Mar low C =-2.4
			\| Apr low C =2.5
			\| May low C =5.8
			\| Jun low C =8.9
			\| Jul low C =13.5
			\| Aug low C =12.7
			\| Sep low C =7.7
			\| Oct low C =3.7
			\| Nov low C =-1.3
			\| Dec low C =-5.4
			\| year low C =
			\| Jan dew point C =-8.0
			\| Feb dew point C =-7.5
			\| Mar dew point C =-4.0
			\| Apr dew point C =0.3
			\| May dew point C =2.8
			\| Jun dew point C =3.7
			\| Jul dew point C =6.0
			\| Aug dew point C =4.7
			\| Sep dew point C =1.0
			\| Oct dew point C =0.2
			\| Nov dew point C =-2.2
			\| Dec dew point C =-5.5
			\| Jan humidity =76
			\| Feb humidity =74
			\| Mar humidity =66
			\| Apr humidity =60
			\| May humidity =53
			\| Jun humidity =40
			\| Jul humidity =35
			\| Aug humidity =32
			\| Sep humidity =34
			\| Oct humidity =49
			\| Nov humidity =64
			\| Dec humidity =72
			\| year humidity =
			\| precipitation colour = green
			\| Jan precipitation mm =32.3
			\| Feb precipitation mm =36.7
			\| Mar precipitation mm =45.8
			\| Apr precipitation mm =65.6
			\| May precipitation mm =39.4
			\| Jun precipitation mm =8.1
			\| Jul precipitation mm =4.0
			\| Aug precipitation mm =4.4
			\| Sep precipitation mm =2.8
			\| Oct precipitation mm =24.1
			\| Nov precipitation mm =40.8
			\| Dec precipitation mm =34.6
			\| year precipitation mm =
			\| Jan sun =133.6
			\| Feb sun =153.5
			\| Mar sun =192.0
			\| Apr sun =218.0
			\| May sun =286.3
			\| Jun sun =337.5
			\| Jul sun =354.4
			\| Aug sun =344.5
			\| Sep sun =316.8
			\| Oct sun =251.1
			\| Nov sun =183.8
			\| Dec sun =129.0
			\| year sun =


			\|source = IRIMO(dew point and sun 1986-2005)<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.chaharmahalmet.ir/iranarchive.asp \|title=Synoptic Station Statistics: Takab(40728) \|access-date=4 July 2024 \|website=Chaharmahalmet \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160217102629/http://www.chaharmahalmet.ir/iranarchive.asp \|archive-date=17 February 2016 \|url-status=unfit \|publisher=Iran Meteorological Organization \|no-pp=y \|type=asp}}</ref>

			}}

	==Economy==		==Economy==
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	* Esmaeil Zolfi, ] businessman and philanthropist.		* Esmaeil Zolfi, ] businessman and philanthropist.

			==See also==
	{{Portal\|Iran}}
			{{Portal-inline\|Iran}}
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			== Notes ==
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	== References ==		== References ==
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City in West Azerbaijan province, Iran

For the administrative division of West Azerbaijan province, see Takab County. For other places with the same name, see Takab.

City in West Azerbaijan, Iran

Takab Persian: تكاب Kurdish: Tîkab Azerbaijani: تیکان‌تپه
City
Takab
Coordinates: 36°24′03″N 47°06′39″E / 36.40083°N 47.11083°E / 36.40083; 47.11083
Country	Iran
Province	West Azerbaijan
County	Takab
District	Central
Government
• Governor (acting)	Mahmud Zamani
Population
• Total	49,677
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Takab (Persian: تكاب) is a city in the Central District of Takab County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.

The famous historical complex Takht-e Soleyman is situated to the North-East of the city. Takht-e-Soleyman was one of Takab's oldest Zoroastrian fire temples during the Sassanid Dynasty and had the name Azargoshnasp. The Karaftu Cave is also situated in Takab near Saqqez.

Etymology

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. Afshar people are one of the Oghuz Turkic peoples. 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.

Demographics

Language, ethnicity, and religion

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. The Azerbaijanis have also been described as 'Turkmans'. 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.

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 43,702 in 10,078 households. The following census in 2011 counted 44,040 people in 11,749 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as of 49,677 people in 14,369 households.

Climate

Climate data for Takab (coordinates:36°24′N 47°6′E / 36.400°N 47.100°E / 36.400; 47.100, 1986-2010 normals)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	0.5 (32.9)	2.4 (36.3)	8.3 (46.9)	15.0 (59.0)	20.4 (68.7)	27.2 (81.0)	31.4 (88.5)	31.4 (88.5)	26.5 (79.7)	19.0 (66.2)	10.4 (50.7)	4.1 (39.4)	16.4 (61.5)
Daily mean °C (°F)	−4.2 (24.4)	−2.4 (27.7)	2.9 (37.2)	8.7 (47.7)	13.1 (55.6)	18.1 (64.6)	22.5 (72.5)	22.1 (71.8)	17.1 (62.8)	11.4 (52.5)	4.5 (40.1)	−0.6 (30.9)	9.4 (49.0)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−8.9 (16.0)	−7.3 (18.9)	−2.4 (27.7)	2.5 (36.5)	5.8 (42.4)	8.9 (48.0)	13.5 (56.3)	12.7 (54.9)	7.7 (45.9)	3.7 (38.7)	−1.3 (29.7)	−5.4 (22.3)	2.5 (36.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	32.3 (1.27)	36.7 (1.44)	45.8 (1.80)	65.6 (2.58)	39.4 (1.55)	8.1 (0.32)	4.0 (0.16)	4.4 (0.17)	2.8 (0.11)	24.1 (0.95)	40.8 (1.61)	34.6 (1.36)	338.6 (13.32)
Average relative humidity (%)	76	74	66	60	53	40	35	32	34	49	64	72	55
Average dew point °C (°F)	−8.0 (17.6)	−7.5 (18.5)	−4.0 (24.8)	0.3 (32.5)	2.8 (37.0)	3.7 (38.7)	6.0 (42.8)	4.7 (40.5)	1.0 (33.8)	0.2 (32.4)	−2.2 (28.0)	−5.5 (22.1)	−0.7 (30.7)
Mean monthly sunshine hours	133.6	153.5	192.0	218.0	286.3	337.5	354.4	344.5	316.8	251.1	183.8	129.0	2,900.5
Source: IRIMO(dew point and sun 1986-2005)

Economy

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.

Notable people

Shahriar Afshar, Iranian-American physicist and inventor.
Esmaeil Zolfi, Iranian businessman and philanthropist.

Notes

Also romanized as Takāb and Tekab; also known as Takan Tepe; Azerbaijani: تیکان‌تپه; Kurdish: تیکاب, romanized as Tîkab

References

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Takab County

Capital

Takab

Districts

Central

Cities

Takab

Rural Districts
and villages

Afshar	Badarlu Badkharid Chahar Taq Feyzabad Qaleh Juq Qarah Qayah Qojur Sarijalu Ughul Beyg Yolqun Aghaj
Ansar	Aq Qaleh Arabshah Asman Bolaghi Ayqalehsi Dur Bash Gaz Darreh Hajji Babay-e Olya Hajji Babay-e Sofla Hajji Babay-e Vosta Kutan-e Olya Qerkhlu Sabil Tamay Tasheh Kabud
Karaftu	Aliabad-e Nokhowd Darreh Aqa Beyk Badmahmud Boluz Chahar Qaleh Chap Darreh Darvish Rash Dash Bolagh Nokhowd Darreh Pahlavan Qarah Baba Qoldarreh-ye Olya Qoldarreh-ye Sofla Qujeh Sari Bagh Sari Qurkhan Tappeh Bur Tas Kand Tondarlu Yaharlu

Takht-e Soleyman