Takab

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

Takab
Persian: تكاب
Kurdish: Tîkab
Azerbaijani: تیکان‌تپه
City
Takab is located in Iran
Takab
Takab
Coordinates: 36°24′03″N 47°06′39″E / 36.40083°N 47.11083°E / 36.40083; 47.11083[1]
CountryIran
ProvinceWest Azerbaijan
CountyTakab
DistrictCentral
Government
 • Governor (acting)Mahmud Zamani[2]
Population
 (2016)[3]
 • Total
49,677
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Takab (Persian: تكاب)[4][a] is a city in the Central District of Takab County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[9]

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.[10] 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.[citation needed] Afshar people are one of the Oghuz Turkic peoples.[11] 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.[12]

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.[13] The Azerbaijanis have also been described as 'Turkmans'.[14] 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.[15]

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 43,702 in 10,078 households.[16] The following census in 2011 counted 44,040 people in 11,749 households.[17] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as of 49,677 people in 14,369 households.[3]

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)[18]

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.[19]

Notable people

See also

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Notes

  1. ^ Also romanized as Takāb and Tekab; also known as Takan Tepe;[5] Azerbaijani: تیکان‌تپه;[6][7] Kurdish: تیکاب, romanized as Tîkab[8]

References

  1. ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (28 September 2024). "Takab, Takab County" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  2. ^ 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."
  3. ^ a b Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): West Azerbaijan Province. amar.org.ir (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  4. ^ نگاهی به تاریخ و جغرافیای میاندوآب و تکاب و شاهین‌دژ (in Persian). ج. محبوبی. 1991.
  5. ^ 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".
  6. ^ vajehyab
  7. ^ Durnanews
  8. ^ "کوژراوێک و سێ بریندار بە هۆی ڕووداوی هاتووچۆ لە تیکاب". Rojikurd (in Kurdish). 8 September 2017.
  9. ^ Habibi, Hassan (13 December 2005) [Approved 24 September 1369]. Creation and establishment of two counties and several districts and annexation of several villages to Urmia County. rc.majlis.ir (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board. Proposal 11490.1.4.42; Notification 113478/T188K. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2023 – via Research Center of the System of Laws of the Islamic Council of the Farabi Library of Mobile Users.
  10. ^ Mohammadi,A (1997). History of Takab Afshar. Tehran: Eman press, Khorshidi: 1376.
  11. ^ 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
  12. ^ Iran's Diverse Peoples: A Reference Sourcebook, ed. Massoume Price, (ABC-CLIO, 2005), pp. 75, 89.
  13. ^ "تاریخچه شهر تکاب" (in Persian). Archived from the original on 5 October 2008. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ Farsnews: تحلیل رابطه پایگاه اجتماعی و اقتصادی قومیت‌ها با جدایی گزینی شهری (مورد مطالعه: محلات شهر تکاب)
  16. ^ Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): West Azerbaijan Province. amar.org.ir (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  17. ^ Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): West Azerbaijan Province. irandataportal.syr.edu (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022 – via Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University.
  18. ^ "Synoptic Station Statistics: Takab(40728)". Chaharmahalmet (asp). Iran Meteorological Organization. Archived from the original on 17 February 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  19. ^ http://www.farsnews.ir/newstext.php?nn=8901181434 [dead link‍]