# Takestan

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City in Qazvin province, Iran

For the administrative division, see [Takestan County](/source/Takestan_County). For the nearby village, see [Shahrsanati-ye Takestan](/source/Shahrsanati-ye_Takestan). For the village in Fars province, see [Takestan-e Sadrabad](/source/Takestan-e_Sadrabad).

City in Qazvin, Iran

Takestan Persian: تاكستان City Clockwise from the top: Shahi mansion, Bogheh-e-pir, vineyard, Takestan's wind farm Takestan Coordinates: 36°04′02″N 49°41′45″E / 36.06722°N 49.69583°E / 36.06722; 49.69583[1][2] Country Iran Province Qazvin County Takestan District Central Population (2016)[3] • Total 80,299 Time zone UTC+3:30 (IRST)

**Takestan** ([Persian](/source/Persian_language): تاكستان)[a] is a city in the [Central District](/source/Central_District_(Takestan_County)) of [Takestan County](/source/Takestan_County), [Qazvin](/source/Qazvin_province) province, [Iran](/source/Iran), serving as capital of both the county and the district.[5] Takestan has a railway station on the [Teheran-Tabriz line](/source/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Railways). The name Takestan literally means "vineyard."

## Demographics

Village Siadeh (Takestan) by [Eugène Flandin](/source/Eug%C3%A8ne_Flandin), 1840

### Ethnicity

Most of the population of Takestan belong to the [Tat ethnic group](/source/Tat_people_(Iran))[6] and [Azerbaijanis](/source/Azerbaijanis). Takestan is the largest Tat-populated city in the world.[7][8][9][10]

### Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 73,625 in 18,685 households.[11] The following census in 2011 counted 77,907 people in 22,894 households.[12] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 80,299 people in 24,595 households.[3]

## Historical sites

- **Pir Mausoleum**: The Pir mausoleum, alternatively known as "Pir-e Takestan" and "[Imamzadeh](/source/Imamzadeh) Pir," is a small, domed building dating from the 11th-century [Seljuk era](/source/Seljuk_Empire) and has since been restored. Only little of the original ornamental decorations remains.

## See also

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Also [romanized](/source/Romanize) as **Tâkestân**; also known as **Siadehan** and **Siaden**; and [Tati](/source/Tati_language_(Iran)): (سیادن), romanized as **Siyâden**[4]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** OpenStreetMap contributors (16 September 2024). ["بانک ملی \[National Bank\], Takestan, بخش مرکزی شهرستان تاکستان \[Central District of Takestan County\], Takestan County, Qazvin Province, Iran"](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=36.067222&mlon=49.695833&zoom=15#map=15/36.06722/49.69583) (Map). *[OpenStreetMap](/source/OpenStreetMap)* (in Persian). Retrieved 16 September 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["3M8W+V8P Takestan, Qazvin Province, Iran"](https://www.google.com/maps/place/36°04'02.0%22N+49°41'45.0%22E/@36.067222,49.695833,4837m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m4!3m3!8m2!3d36.067222!4d49.695833?hl=en&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDcwNy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D) (Map). *[Google Maps](/source/Google_Maps)*. Retrieved 9 July 2025.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-2016_Qazvin_Province_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-2016_Qazvin_Province_3-1) [سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان قزوین](https://web.archive.org/web/20211130193527/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_26.xlsx) [General Population and Housing Census 2016: Qazvin Province]. *مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]* (in Persian). Archived from [the original](https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_26.xlsx) (Excel) on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Takestan](https://geonames.nga.mil/geon-ags/rest/services/RESEARCH/GIS_OUTPUT/MapServer/0/query?where=ufi+=+-3086741&outFields=*) at [GEOnet Names Server](/source/GEOnet_Names_Server)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Zanjan_Province_Structure_6-0)** [Habibi, Hassan](/source/Hassan_Habibi) (12 September 1990) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1369/06/21 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. [تصویب سازمان و سلسله تابعیت عناصر و واحدهای تقسیمات کشوری استان زنجان به مرکزیت شهر زنجان](https://web.archive.org/web/20231216213100/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/113027) [‌Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of elements and units of the national divisions of Zanjan province, centered in Zanjan city]. *لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam]* (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board]. شناسه [ID] 965C7B0D-32D4-4BC6-A126-65D28CD02436. شماره دوره [Course number] 69, شماره جلد [Volume number] 3. Archived from [the original](https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/113027) on 16 December 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Takestan Municipality"](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). Archived from [the original](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) on 24 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Stilo, Donald L. (2 January 2007). "The Tati language group in the sociolinguistic context of Northwestern Iran and Transcaucasia". *Iranian Studies*. **14** (3–4): 137–187. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1080/00210868108701585](https://doi.org/10.1080%2F00210868108701585).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** [Yar-Shater, Ehsan](/source/Ehsan_Yarshater) (1969). [*A grammar of southern Tati dialects*](https://archive.org/details/grammarofsouther0000yars). Mouton.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Tats of Iran and Caucasus, Ali Abdoli, 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["Takestani, a language of Iran"](http://www.ethnologue.org/show_language.asp?code=tks). *Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 19th Edition*. SIL International Publications. Retrieved 28 March 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2006_Qazvin_Province_12-0)** [سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان قزوین](https://web.archive.org/web/20110920090740/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/26.xls) [General Population and Housing Census 2006: Qazvin Province]. *مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]* (in Persian). Archived from [the original](http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/26.xls) (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2011_Qazvin_Province_13-0)** [سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان قزوین](https://web.archive.org/web/20230119221156/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Qazvin.xls) [General Population and Housing Census 2011: Qazvin Province]. *Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University* (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from [the original](https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Qazvin.xls) (Excel) on 19 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.

## Further reading

- Matheson, Sylvia A. (1972). *Persia: An Archaeological Guide*. London: Faber and Faber Limited. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-571-09305-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-571-09305-1)

Authority control databases: National United States

v t e Qazvin province, Iran Capital Qazvin Counties and cities Abyek County Abyek Khak-e Ali Ziaran Alborz County Alvand Bidestan Mohammadiyeh Sharifabad Avaj Avaj Abgarm Buin Zahra County Buin Zahra Ardak Danesfahan Sagezabad Shal Qazvin County Qazvin Eqbaliyeh Kuhin Mahmudabad Nemuneh Moallem Kalayeh Razmian Sirdan Takestan County Takestan Esfarvarin Khorramdasht Narjeh Ziaabad Sights Alamut Castle Aminiha Hosseiniyeh Caravanserai of Sa'd al-Saltaneh Meimoon Ghal'eh Ahmadabad-e Mosaddeq Ab anbars of Qazvin Jame' Atiq Mosque of Qazvin Heidarieh mosque Al-Nabi mosque Ovan Lake Kharraqan towers Lambsar Castle Shazdeh Hosein shrine populated places List of cities, towns and villages in Qazvin Province

v t e Takestan County Capital Takestan Districts Central Cities Takestan Narjeh Rural Districts and villages Narjeh Athad Now Brickworks Hajji Shaban Brickworks Iran Rubberworks Khorram Brickworks Now Dehak Pivand Farms Qarah Bagh Shahrsanati-ye Takestan Shenin Qaqazan Qaqazan-e Gharbi (West Qaqazan) Andaq Aq Bolagh Changureh Darbahan Fashalanj Kaneshkin Mayan Meshkin Nikuyeh Qalat Saras Shenasvand Suli Darreh Darbahan Takand Yazdeh Rud Qaqazan-e Sharqi (East Qaqazan) Alnaqiyah Aqcheh Kand Ashtajin Daghlan Dastjerd Dowlatabad Khvorhesht Kondor Margasin Mehdiabad Qaleh-ye Qareh Dash Qarah Dash Qarah Karselu Qasemabad Qazan Daghi Qomik-e Bozorg Shirazak Yahyaabad Esfarvarin Cities Esfarvarin Rural Districts and villages Ak Ak Kharuzan Lushkan Lushkan Brickworks Mahmudabad Mazraeh-ye Raziabad Nasirabad-e Sadat Qarqasin Sharin Valazjerd Khorramabad Brickworks, Khorramabad Dialabad Kahak Khorramabad Shorket-e Zormorgh Khorramdasht Cities Khorramdasht Rural Districts and villages Afshariyeh Atash Anbar Barzaljin Hajjiabad Hamidabad Jafarabad Kashmarz Kur Cheshmeh Kushkak Orazjin Rahimabad Shanastaq-e Olya Shanastaq-e Sofla Shizand Sinak Tarvizak Yariabad Ramand-e Shomali (North Ramand) Dakan Jahanabad Qanbarabad Qasemabad Radekan Seyfabad Varsaj Dudangeh Ziaabad Cities Ziaabad Rural Districts and villages Dodangeh-ye Olya (Upper Dodangeh) Ahmadabad Arbat Darreh Avarneh Farsajin Haft Sanduq Hoseynabad-e Jarandaq Jarandaq Khondab Mehin Qaleh Juq Qaracheh Qia Qeynarjeh Shanin Shurjeh Sichanlu Suli Darreh Tuyuqchi Yam Cheshmeh Dodangeh-ye Sofla (Lower Dodangeh) Arunqash Azaddeh Badamak Chuzah Gonbadak Hasanabad-e Sadat Hesar Hoseynabad Nohab Qaleh-ye Shohadad Qarah Qurtan Qermezabad Sadeqabad Sagaznab Saj Shabanak Shakin Shizar Varakeh Rud

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