Takab

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Takab
تكاب، تیکان تپه
City
Takab is located in Iran
Takab
Takab
Coordinates: 36°24′03″N 47°06′48″E / 36.40083°N 47.11333°E / 36.40083; 47.11333Coordinates: 36°24′03″N 47°06′48″E / 36.40083°N 47.11333°E / 36.40083; 47.11333
Country Iran
ProvinceWest Azerbaijan
CountyTakab
BakhshCentral
Government
 • Governor (acting)Mahmud zamani[1]
Population
 (2016 Census)
 • Total81,395[2]
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+4:30 (IRDT)

Takab or Tekab (Persian: تكاب‎,[3]Azerbaijani: Tikantəpə[4][5]Kurdish: تیکاب‎[6]) is a city and capital of Takab County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 43,702, in 10,078 families.[7]

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.[8] 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.[9] 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.[10]

People[]

The two predominant languages spoken in the city are Azerbaijani and Kurdish, while the predominant religion is Shia Islam. Kurdish tribes include Shekak, Sharani, Moslanlu and Zafranlu, while most of the Azerbaijani population is of the Afshar tribe.[11] The Azerbaijanis have also been described as 'Turkmens'.[12]

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.[13]

Notable people[]

References[]

Notes

  1. ^ Burns, Robert (October 8, 2016). "U.S.: Several Russian cruise missiles landed in Iran". Military Times. Archived from the original on January 24, 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."
  2. ^ "Statistical Center of Iran > Home".
  3. ^ نگاهي به تاريخ و جغرافياي مياندوآب و تكاب و شاهين دژ ء (in Persian). ج. محبوبي. 1991.
  4. ^ محمدی، علی، تاریخ تکاب افشار، فصل هجدهم - وجه تسمیه تکاب و افشار صفحه ۹۳–۹۸
  5. ^ Durnanews
  6. ^ "کوژراوێک و سێ بریندار بە هۆی ڕووداوی هاتووچۆ لە تیکاب". Rojikurd (in Kurdish). 8 September 2017.
  7. ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 2011-11-11.
  8. ^ Mohammadi,A (1997). History of Takab Afshar. Tehran: Eman press, Khorshidi: 1376.
  9. ^ Oberling, P. "Afshar". Encyclopedia Iranica. Archived from the original on 2011-04-29. Retrieved 9 July 2009. AFŠĀR, one of the twenty-four original Ḡuz Turkic tribes
  10. ^ Iran's Diverse Peoples: A Reference Sourcebook, ed. Massoume Price, (ABC-CLIO, 2005), pp. 75, 89.
  11. ^ "تاریخچه شهر تکاب" (in Persian). Archived from the original on 5 October 2008. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ http://www.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8901181434


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