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| 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. | |||
| 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. 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=2011-04-29|quote=AFŠĀR, one of the twenty-four original Ḡuz Turkic tribes|access-date=9 July 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> These originally nomadic Oghuz tribes moved from Central Asia and initially settled in ], ], and ]. Later some of them were relocated by the ] to ] and ].<ref>''', ed. Massoume Price, (ABC-CLIO, 2005), pp. 75, 89.</ref> Today, they are variously grouped as a branch of the ]<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> or the ].<ref>''Richard V. Weekes.'' Muslim peoples: a world ethnographic survey. AZERI. — Greenwood Press, 1978 — p. 56 — {{ISBN|9780837198804}}</ref> | |||
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For other places with the same name, see Takab (disambiguation). City in West Azerbaijan, Iran| Takab تكاب، تیکان تپه | |
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  Takab | |
| Coordinates: 36°24′03″N 47°06′48″E / 36.40083°N 47.11333°E / 36.40083; 47.11333 | |
| Country |  Iran |
| Province | West Azerbaijan |
| County | Takab |
| Bakhsh | Central |
| Government | |
| • Governor (acting) | Mahmud zamani |
| Population | |
| • Total | 81,395 |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+4:30 (IRDT) |
Takab or Tekab (Template:Lang-fa, Template:Lang-azb, Template:Lang-ku) is a city and capital of Takab County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 43,702, in 10,078 families. The city's inhabitants are Azerbaijanis and Kurds who the speak the Azerbaijani & kurdish language. 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.
People
The two predominant languages spoken in the city are Azerbaijani and Kurdish,religion of people is Islam(Shia and Sunni).
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.
- Abasalat Sadeghi, Calligrapher
- Esmaeil Zolfi, Business Magnate and Philanthropist
References
Notes
- https://www.amar.org.ir/english
- Burns, Robert (October 8, 2016). "U.S.: Several Russian cruise missiles landed in Iran". Military Times. Archived from the original on January 24, 2017.
An earlier report by Fars on Wednesday quoted Iraj Saghafi, acting governor of Takab in northwestern Iran, saying an explosion heard in the region was "possibly related to work in a nearby rock quarry."
- نگاهي به تاريخ و جغرافياي مياندوآب و تكاب و شاهين دژ ء (in Persian). ج. محبوبي. 1991.
- "کوژراوێک و سێ بریندار بە هۆی ڕووداوی هاتووچۆ لە تیکاب". Rojikurd (in Kurdish). 8 September 2017.
- "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 2011-09-20.
- Mohammadi,A (1997). History of Takab Afshar. Tehran: Eman press, Khorshidi: 1376.
- http://www.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8901181434
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