Eshtehard (Persian: اشتهارد)[a] is a city in the Central District of Eshtehard County, Alborz province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[3]
Eshtehard
Persian: اشتهارد | |
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City | |
 A holy place in the city of Esthehard | |
  Eshtehard | |
| Coordinates: 35°43′30″N 50°21′54″E / 35.72500°N 50.36500°E[1] | |
| Country | Iran |
| Province | Alborz |
| County | Eshtehard |
| District | Central |
| Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 29,993 |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
Demographics
editLanguage and ethnicity
editThe majority of the people of Eshtehard belong to the Tat and Azerbaijani[4] ethnic group and they speak the Tati language and Azerbaijani.[5][6][7]
Population
editAt the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 16,988 in 4,813 households, when it was the capital of the former Eshtehard District[8] of Karaj County, Tehran province.[9] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 29,993 inhabitants in 9,357 households,[2] by which time the county had been separated from the province in the establishment of Alborz province.[10] In 2012, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Eshtehard County, and Eshtehard was transferred to the new Central District as the county's capital.[3]
Attractions
editMain attractions include Eshtehard Industrial Town and the University of Payam-e Nur—Eshtehard Unit.
Eshtehard travel guide from Wikivoyage
Media related to Eshtehard at Wikimedia Commons
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (16 August 2024). "Eshtehard, Eshtehard County" (Map). openstreetmap.org (OpenStreetMap) (in Persian). Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ a b Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Alborz Province. amar.org.ir (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 28 January 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ a b Rahimi, Mohammad Reza (2012) [Approved 17 March 1391]. Approval letter regarding national divisions in Alborz province. rc.majlis.ir (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Board of Ministers. Notification 50868/T46965H. Archived from the original on 5 February 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2024 – via The Research Center of the Islamic Council of Iran.
- ^ Encyclopaedia Islamica:The people of Eshtehard speak Persian with a local dialect as well as Turkish.
- ^ 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:10.1080/00210868108701585.
- ^ Yar-Shater, Ehsan (1969). A grammar of southern Tati dialects. Mouton.
- ^ Tats of Iran and Caucasus, Ali Abdoli, 2010.
- ^ Habibi, Hassan (10 December 2014) [Approved 21 June 1369]. "Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of Tehran province centered on the city of Tehran". rc.majlis.ir (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board. Notification 8416/T133K. Archived from the original on 30 November 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2023 – via Islamic Parliament Research Center.
- ^ Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Tehran 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.
- ^ Larijani, Ali (2010) [Approved 16 April 1389]. Alborz province establishment law. lamtakam.com (Report) (in Persian). Guardian Council. Notification 412/30588. Archived from the original on 16 December 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2024 – via Lam ta Kam.
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