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Takestan County

Persian: شهرستان تاکستان
Takestan County Persian: شهرستان تاکستان
County
	Location of Takestan County in Qazvin province (left, green)
	Location of Qazvin province in Iran
	Coordinates: 36°01′N 49°30′E / 36.017°N 49.500°E
Country	Iran
Province	Qazvin
Capital	Takestan
Districts	Central, Esfarvarin, Khorramdasht, Ziaabad
Population (2016)
• Total	172,636
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)
	Takestan County at GEOnet Names Server

Takestan County (Persian: شهرستان تاکستان)^[a] is in Qazvin province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Takestan.^[3]

Demographics

Language and ethnicity

Part of the people of Takestan County are Tat and they speak Tati.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the county's population was 171,520 in 42,969 households.^[8] The following census in 2011 counted 172,949 people in 50,247 households.^[9] The 2016 census measured the population of the county as 172,636 in 52,917 households.^[2]

Administrative divisions

Takestan County's population history and administrative structure over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.

Takestan County Population
Administrative Divisions	2006^[8]	2011^[9]	2016^[2]
Central District	99,841	102,401	103,757
Narjeh RD	923	739	555
Qaqazan-e Gharbi RD	7,332	6,057	4,412
Qaqazan-e Sharqi RD	12,890	12,294	12,887
Narjeh (city)	5,071	5,404	5,604
Takestan (city)	73,625	77,907	80,299
Esfarvarin District	28,845	29,106	29,300
Ak RD	10,282	9,880	10,320
Khorramabad RD	6,459	6,611	6,609
Esfarvarin (city)	12,104	12,615	12,371
Khorramdasht District	21,685	21,910	20,661
Afshariyeh RD	8,549	7,947	7,262
Ramand-e Shomali RD	6,944	7,238	6,845
Khorramdasht (city)^[b]	6,192	6,725	6,554
Ziaabad District	21,149	19,532	18,918
Dodangeh-ye Olya RD	6,002	4,898	5,061
Dodangeh-ye Sofla RD	6,762	5,997	5,595
Ziaabad (city)	8,385	8,637	8,262
Total	171,520	172,949	172,636
RD = Rural District

Notes

^ Also romanized as Shahrestan-e Takestan; Tati: Šareston-e Tâkestân
^ Formerly the village of Nahavand^[10]

References

^ OpenStreetMap contributors (16 September 2024). "Takestan County" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 16 September 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Qazvin Province. amar.org.ir (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
^ Habibi, Hassan (c. 2023) [Approved 7 July 1369]. Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of elements and units of the national divisions of Zanjan province, centered in Zanjan city. lamtakam.com (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Council. Notification 82844/T141K. Archived from the original on 16 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023 – via Lam ta Kam.
^ The Tati dialects in the Sociolinguistic Context of Northwestern Iran and Transcaucasia, Stilo, D. 1981: In: Iranian Studies 14.3/4, 137-187.
^ A Grammar of Southern Tati Dialects, Ehsan Yar-Shater, 1969.
^ Tats of Iran and Caucasus, Ali Abdoli, 2010.
^ "Ethnologue: Languages of the World".
^ ^a ^b Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Qazvin 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.
^ ^a ^b Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Qazvin Province. irandataportal.syr.edu (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 19 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022 – via Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University.
^ Habibi, Hassan (c. 2024) [Approved 19 March 1378]. The transformation of Nahavand village, the center of Khorramdasht District, from Takestan County in Qazvin province to Khorramdasht city. lamtakam.com (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Board. Proposal 1.4.42.7236; Notification 5453/T21162H. Archived from the original on 10 January 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2024 – via Lam ta Kam.