Sarab, East Azerbaijan

For the administrative division of East Azerbaijan province, see Sarab County. For the village in Alborz province, see Sarab. For other places with the same name, see Sarab.

Sarab
Persian: سراب
City
Sarab
Sarab
Sarab is located in Iran
Sarab
Sarab
Coordinates: 37°56′32″N 47°32′10″E / 37.94222°N 47.53611°E / 37.94222; 47.53611[1]
CountryIran
ProvinceEast Azerbaijan
CountySarab
DistrictCentral
Elevation
1,650 m (5,410 ft)
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total
45,031
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)
Area code41

Sarab (Persian: سراب)[a] is a city in the Central District of Sarab County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[4] Sarab is famous for its rugs.[5]

Demographics

Language and ethnicity

Sarabi people are of mostly Turkish-origin Azerbaijanis speaking the Azeri language, but with a special accent, where the pronunciation of words is more like the Ardabil dialect while verb conjugation is more similar to the Tabriz dialect.[6][7]

Religion

Muslims are the dominant group in the city, but in new generations of people, atheism can be found.[8]

Population

The people of Sarab consist of 37% citizens, 16% nomadic people, mainly from Moghan and rest of the people live in Sarab's villages.[9]

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 42,057 in 11,045 households.[10] The following census in 2011 counted 44,846 people in 13,353 households.[11] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 45,031 people in 13,953 households.[2]

Geography

Location

East of Sarab leads to Ardabil province. North lies Savalan Mountain. Westward from Sarab leads to the city of Bostanabad, and to the south are the Bozghush mountains.[12][13]

Environs

Sarab is the only city in Sarab County, with almost half of the total population of the Central District, and more than a third of the population of the entire county.[2] The city of Sarab is surrounded by rural villages.[14] Some of the larger villages are: Razliq, Asbforushan, Qaleh Juq, and Andarab. There are 161 others, as well as thirteen abandoned villages around it.[15]

Climate

Sarab has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Winters are cold and snowy, while summers are warm to hot with little precipitation. Most of the annual precipitation falls between the months of November and May.

Climate data for Sarab
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 15.2
(59.4) 		16.4
(61.5) 		23.6
(74.5) 		25.8
(78.4) 		28.0
(82.4) 		34.0
(93.2) 		37.4
(99.3) 		37.4
(99.3) 		37.0
(98.6) 		30.2
(86.4) 		22.8
(73.0) 		19.8
(67.6) 		37.4
(99.3)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 1.8
(35.2) 		2.0
(35.6) 		7.0
(44.6) 		13.5
(56.3) 		18.8
(65.8) 		24.7
(76.5) 		27.9
(82.2) 		29.5
(85.1) 		26.9
(80.4) 		21.1
(70.0) 		12.8
(55.0) 		5.8
(42.4) 		16.0
(60.8)
Daily mean °C (°F) −4.5
(23.9) 		−3.8
(25.2) 		1.1
(34.0) 		6.8
(44.2) 		11.8
(53.2) 		16.8
(62.2) 		19.7
(67.5) 		20.8
(69.4) 		17.8
(64.0) 		12.3
(54.1) 		5.8
(42.4) 		−0.5
(31.1) 		8.7
(47.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −9.7
(14.5) 		−9.1
(15.6) 		−4.3
(24.3) 		0.1
(32.2) 		4.4
(39.9) 		7.6
(45.7) 		10.9
(51.6) 		11.9
(53.4) 		8.3
(46.9) 		3.6
(38.5) 		−0.5
(31.1) 		−5.7
(21.7) 		1.5
(34.6)
Record low °C (°F) −29.6
(−21.3) 		−30.0
(−22.0) 		−20.4
(−4.7) 		−11.4
(11.5) 		−10.4
(13.3) 		−1.4
(29.5) 		1.6
(34.9) 		3.0
(37.4) 		−0.6
(30.9) 		−6.4
(20.5) 		−24.4
(−11.9) 		−23.6
(−10.5) 		−30.0
(−22.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 14.5
(0.57) 		13.6
(0.54) 		20.4
(0.80) 		37.6
(1.48) 		51.3
(2.02) 		19.7
(0.78) 		13.0
(0.51) 		9.6
(0.38) 		7.6
(0.30) 		15.1
(0.59) 		28.0
(1.10) 		13.5
(0.53) 		243.9
(9.6)
Average rainy days 7 9 9 10 13 7 4 3 2 4 8 7 83
Average relative humidity (%) 75 73 65 57 58 53 53 50 51 53 65 71 60
Mean monthly sunshine hours 129.9 149.8 161.9 204.3 250.6 321.7 351.8 331.4 316.4 251.4 180.8 139.8 2,789.8
Source: http://eamo.ir

Rugs

The rugs of Sarab, which are also classified among those known as Heriz (Herez), have light, rather bright colour schemes. The usual adjective for "of Sarab" would be "Sarab-i", this changed to "Serapi".[16] In 1876, about the time that Sarabi rugs were coming on the market in England, the Prince of Wales made a trip to India on H.M.S. Serapis. The similarity of the names led to the form "Serapi" for the rugs.[17] They are not to be confused with the rugs of eastern Turkestan which are generally known as "Samarkands", but occasionally "Serapi".[18]

Higher education

See also

Media related to Sarab at Wikimedia Commons

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Notes

  1. ^ Azeri: ساراب[3]

References

  1. ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (5 September 2024). "Sarab, Sarab County)" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  2. ^ a b c Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): East Azerbaijan Province. amar.org.ir (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. ^ Sarab, East Azerbaijan can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3082404" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  4. ^ Habibi, Hassan (c. 2013) [Approved 21 June 1369]. Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the country divisions of East Azerbaijan province centered on the city of Tabriz. rc.majlis.ir (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board. Notification 8284/2T142K. Archived from the original on 4 August 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2023 – via Research Center of the System of Laws of the Islamic Council of the Farabi Library of Mobile Users.
  5. ^ Helfgott, Leonard Michael (1993) Ties that bind: a social history of the Iranian carpet Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C., p. 221, ISBN 1-56098-269-1
  6. ^ تاریخچه شهرستان سراب / همه چیز درباره ی سراب [History of Sarab city / Everything about Sarab]. همه چیز درباره آذربایجان و شهر سراب [Everything about Azerbaijan] (in Persian). Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  7. ^ هشت لهجه زبان ترکی در ایران [Eight dialects of the Turkish language in Iran]. پارسینه [Parsina] (in Persian). 4 January 2024. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  8. ^ "آیا آتئیسم در ایران در حال گسترش است؟". BBC News فارسی (in Persian). Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  9. ^ "سالنامه آماري استان آذربايجانشرقي" (PDF). amar.org.ir (in Persian). Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  10. ^ Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): East 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.
  11. ^ Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): East Azerbaijan Province. irandataportal.syr.edu (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022 – via Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University.
  12. ^ Marshall, Frances A.; National Geographic Society, eds. (2005). National Geographic atlas of the world (8. ed.). Washington, DC: National Geographic. ISBN 978-0-7922-7542-8.
  13. ^ "بانک نقشه های روستایی". map.roostanet.com. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  14. ^ "شهر سراب". sarab.iau.ir. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  15. ^ "خبرگزاری فارس - 21 روستا از 178 روستای سراب خالی از سکنه شد". خبرگزاری فارس. 30 October 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  16. ^ Stone, Peter F. (2013). "Serapi, Serabi". Oriental Rugs: An Illustrated Lexicon of Motifs, Materials, and Origins. North Clarendon, Vermont: Tuttle. p. 298. ISBN 978-1-4629-1184-4.
  17. ^ O'Connell, J. Barry, Jr. "Notes on Serab and Serapi Rugs and Carpets". JBOCs Notes on Oriental Rugs. Archived from the original on 8 April 2004.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  18. ^ Perrachon, Alix G. (2010). The Decorative Carpet: Fine Handmade Rugs in Contemporary Interiors. New York: Monacelli Press. p. 241. ISBN 978-1-58093-299-8.