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| {{Short description|City in West Azerbaijan province, Iran}} | {{Short description|City in West Azerbaijan province, Iran}} | ||
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| {{for multi|the administrative division of West Azerbaijan province|Takab County|other places with the same name|Takab (disambiguation){{!}}Takab}} | {{for multi|the administrative division of West Azerbaijan province|Takab County|other places with the same name|Takab (disambiguation){{!}}Takab}} | ||
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| | coordinates = {{Coord|36|24|03|N|47|06|39|E|dim:1km|display=inline,title}} | | coordinates = {{Coord|36|24|03|N|47|06|39|E|dim:1km|display=inline,title}} | ||
| | coordinates_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite map |author=((OpenStreetMap contributors)) |url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=36.400833&mlon=47.110833&zoom=15#map=15/36.4008/47.1108 |website=] |title=Takab, Takab County |date=19 February 2024 |access-date=19 February 2024}}</ref> | | coordinates_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite map |author=((OpenStreetMap contributors)) |url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=36.400833&mlon=47.110833&zoom=15#map=15/36.4008/47.1108 |website=] |title=Takab, Takab County |date=19 February 2024 |access-date=19 February 2024 |lang=fa}}</ref> | ||
| | subdivision_type = Country | | subdivision_type = Country | ||
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| '''Takab''' ({{lang-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> {{lang-az|تیکان‌تپه|italic=no}};<ref></ref><ref></ref> {{Lang-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="Urmia Changes">{{cite web |title = Creation and establishment of two cities and several districts and annexation of several villages to Urmia city |language = fa |website = 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 Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board |last = Habibi |first = Hassan |archive-date = 23 February 2014 |date = 24 September 1369 |access-date = 20 December 2023}}</ref> | '''Takab''' ({{lang-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> {{lang-az|تیکان‌تپه|italic=no}};<ref></ref><ref></ref> {{Lang-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="Urmia Changes">{{cite web |title = Creation and establishment of two cities and several districts and annexation of several villages to Urmia city |language = fa |website = 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 Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board |last = Habibi |first = Hassan |archive-date = 23 February 2014 |date = 24 September 1369 |access-date = 20 December 2023}}</ref> | ||
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| 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 ]. | ||
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| ==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> | ||
| ==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> | ||
| ⚫ | 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 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 = 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 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> | ||
| ==Climate== | ==Climate== | ||
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| ==People== | |||
| ⚫ | 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> | ||
| ==Economy== | ==Economy== | ||
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| * Esmaeil Zolfi, ] businessman and philanthropist. | * Esmaeil Zolfi, ] businessman and philanthropist. | ||
| ==See also== | |||
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Revision as of 15:22, 8 July 2024
City in West Azerbaijan province, IranFor 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
Template:Lang-fa Template:Lang-ku Template:Lang-az | |
|---|---|
| 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 (Template:Lang-fa) 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) | |||||||||||||
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| 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.
See also
Notes
- Also romanized as Takāb and Tekab; also known as Takan Tepe; Template:Lang-az; Template:Lang-ku, romanized as Tîkab
References
- OpenStreetMap contributors (19 February 2024). "Takab, Takab County" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- Burns, Robert (8 October 2016). "U.S.: Several Russian cruise missiles landed in Iran". Military Times. Archived from the original on 24 January 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."
- ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 04. Archived from the original (Excel) on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- نگاهی به تاریخ و جغرافیای میاندوآب و تکاب و شاهین‌دژ (in Persian). ج. محبوبی. 1991.
- Takab can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3086724" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
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- "کوژراوێک و سێ بریندار بە هۆی ڕووداوی هاتووچۆ لە تیکاب". Rojikurd (in Kurdish). 8 September 2017.
- Habibi, Hassan (24 September 1369). "Creation and establishment of two cities and several districts and annexation of several villages to Urmia city". Research Center of the System of Laws of the Islamic Council of the Farabi Library of Mobile Users (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
- Mohammadi,A (1997). History of Takab Afshar. Tehran: Eman press, Khorshidi: 1376.
- Oberling, P. "Afshar". Encyclopedia Iranica. Archived from the original on 29 April 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
AFŠĀR, one of the twenty-four original Ḡuz Turkic tribes
- Iran's Diverse Peoples: A Reference Sourcebook, ed. Massoume Price, (ABC-CLIO, 2005), pp. 75, 89.
- "تاریخچه شهر تکاب" (in Persian). Archived from the original on 5 October 2008. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
- 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.
- Farsnews: تحلیل رابطه پایگاه اجتماعی و اقتصادی قومیت‌ها با جدایی گزینی شهری (مورد مطالعه: محلات شهر تکاب)
- "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 04. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)". Syracuse University (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 04. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- "Synoptic Station Statistics: Takab(40728)". Chaharmahalmet (asp). Iran Meteorological Organization. Archived from the original on 17 February 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
- http://www.farsnews.ir/newstext.php?nn=8901181434
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