Takestan

{{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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'''Takestan''' ({{langx|fa|تاكستان}}){{efn|Also [[romanize]]d as '''Tâkestân'''; also known as '''Siadehan''' and '''Siaden'''; and [[Tati language (Iran)|Tati]]: (سیادن), romanized as '''Siyâden'''<ref>{{GEOnet3|-3086741}}</ref>}} is a city in the [[Central District (Takestan County)|Central District]] of [[Takestan County]], [[Qazvin province|Qazvin]] province, [[Iran]], serving as capital of both the county and the district.<ref name="Zanjan Province Structure"> {{cite web |first=Hassan |last=Habibi |author-link=Hassan Habibi |orig-date={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|تاریخ تصویب}} (Approval date) 1369/06/21 (Iranian Jalali calendar) |date=12 September 1990  |script-title=fa:تصویب سازمان و سلسله تابعیت عناصر و واحدهای تقسیمات کشوری استان زنجان به مرکزیت شهر زنجان |trans-title=‌Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of elements and units of the national divisions of Zanjan province, centered in Zanjan city |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 |archive-date=16 December 2023 |access-date=25 June 2025 |website={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|لام تا کام}} [Lam ta Kam] |publisher={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|‌وزارت کشور}} [Ministry of the Interior] |agency={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت}} [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board] |language=fa |id={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|شناسه}} [ID] 965C7B0D-32D4-4BC6-A126-65D28CD02436. {{lang|fa|rtl=yes|شماره دوره}} [Course number] 69, {{lang|fa|rtl=yes|شماره جلد}} [Volume number] 3.}}</ref> Takestan has a railway station on the [[Islamic Republic of Iran Railways|Teheran-Tabriz line]]. The name Takestan literally means "vineyard."

==Demographics== [[File:Village Siadeh (Takestan) by Eugène Flandin.jpg|thumb|280px|Village Siadeh (Takestan) by [[Eugène Flandin]], 1840]]

===Ethnicity=== Most of the population of Takestan belong to the [[Tat people (Iran)|Tat ethnic group]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=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 |title=Takestan Municipality |access-date=1 January 2021 |archive-date=24 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424090221/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 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and [[Azerbaijanis]]. Takestan is the largest Tat-populated city in the world.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>Tats of Iran and Caucasus, Ali Abdoli, 2010.</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>

===Population=== At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 73,625 in 18,685 households.<ref name="2006 Qazvin Province"> {{cite web |script-title=fa:سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان قزوین |trans-title=General Population and Housing Census 2006: Qazvin Province |language=fa |website={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|مرکز آمار ایران}} [Statistical Centre of Iran] |url=http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/26.xls |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920090740/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/26.xls |archive-date=20 September 2011 |format=Excel |access-date=25 September 2022}}</ref> The following census in 2011 counted 77,907 people in 22,894 households.<ref name="2011 Qazvin Province"> {{cite web |script-title=fa:سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان قزوین |trans-title=General Population and Housing Census 2011: Qazvin Province |language=fa |website=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 |agency={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|مرکز آمار ایران}} [Statistical Centre of Iran] |format=Excel |access-date=19 December 2022}}</ref> The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 80,299 people in 24,595 households.<ref name="2016 Qazvin Province"> {{cite web |script-title=fa:سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان قزوین |trans-title=General Population and Housing Census 2016: Qazvin Province |language=fa |website={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|مرکز آمار ایران}} [Statistical Centre of Iran] |url=https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_26.xlsx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130193527/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_26.xlsx |archive-date=30 November 2021 |format=Excel |access-date=19 December 2022}}</ref>

==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 Empire|Seljuk era]] and has since been restored. Only little of the original ornamental decorations remains.

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==Further reading== * Matheson, Sylvia A. (1972). ''Persia: An Archaeological Guide''. London: Faber and Faber Limited. {{ISBN|0-571-09305-1}}

[[Category:Takestan County]]

[[Category:Cities in Qazvin province]]

[[Category:Populated places in Takestan County]]