Takestan

For the administrative division, see Takestan County. For the nearby village, see Shahrsanati-ye Takestan. For the village in Fars province, see Takestan-e Sadrabad.

Takestan (Persian: تاكستان)^[a] is a city in the Central District of Takestan County, Qazvin province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.^[4] Takestan has a railway station on the Teheran-Tabriz line. The name Takestan literally means "vineyard."

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[1]
Country	Iran
Province	Qazvin
County	Takestan
District	Central
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	80,299
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Demographics

Village Siadeh (Takestan) by Eugène Flandin, 1840

Ethnicity

Most of the population of Takestan belong to the Tat ethnic group^[5] and Azerbaijanis. Takestan is the largest Tat-populated city in the world.^[6][7][8][9]

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 73,625 in 18,685 households.^[10] The following census in 2011 counted 77,907 people in 22,894 households.^[11] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 80,299 people in 24,595 households.^[2]

Historical sites

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

See also

Iran portal

Notes

1. Also romanized as Tâkestân; also known as Siadehan and Siaden; and Tati: (سیادن), romanized as Siyâden^[3]